Half-timbered houses, coziness, lots of nature: The small town of Bietigheim-Bissingen, which Alexander Pollich is turning his back on, is tranquil. Things will be less cozy for him in his new home in Shanghai. The pulse of global innovation beats there, and very quickly. From here, Pollich will take on a truly mammoth task on Sept. 1 – he is to lead Porsche out of the China crisis.