Awards & Recognition
★Golden Steering Wheel awards received as Porsche CEO
★Recognition for successful Porsche turnaround and record profits
★Industry acknowledgment for leading VW through its worst crisis
Notable Facts
→Served as CEO of Volkswagen AG from September 2015 to April 2018 during Dieselgate scandal
→Previously CEO of Porsche AG from 2010-2015, achieving record revenues and profits
→37-year career within Volkswagen Group starting as apprentice toolmaker at Audi
→Led VW through its worst crisis in 78-year history involving 11 million affected vehicles
→Currently Chairman of Piech Automotive, an electric vehicle startup
→German-born executive with computer science background