Notable Facts
→CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand and member of Volkswagen Group Board of Management since July 2022
→Previously CEO of Škoda Auto (2020-2022) where he launched NEXT LEVEL – ŠKODA STRATEGY 2030
→Chairman and Managing Director of Volkswagen Group South Africa (2015-2020)
→Chairman of the Sub-Saharan Africa Initiative of German Business (SAFRI) since October 2023
→Member of the Presidium of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA) since 2024
→Born April 1, 1970 in Marburg, Germany
→Mechanical engineering degree from Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (1994)
→Over 30-year career in automotive industry starting at Daimler AG in 1991
→Leading Volkswagen's electric vehicle transformation with ID series models
→Responsible for Brand Group Core including Volkswagen, Škoda, SEAT/CUPRA, and Commercial Vehicles