Members of the Supervisory Board and Board of Management
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand K. Piëch stepped down as Chairman and as a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG and from all of his offices on the supervisory boards of Volkswagen Group companies on April 25, 2015. Ms. Ursula Piëch also stepped down from all of her supervisory board offices in the Volkswagen Group on the same day. Mr. Berthold Huber, the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, assumed the chairmanship of the Supervisory Board temporarily until the election of a new chairman.
On April 30, 2015, Dr. Louise Kiesling and Ms. Julia Kuhn-Piëch were appointed to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG as shareholder representatives, effective the same day, by the court on the application of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG in accordance with section 104 of the AktG.
Dr. Hussain Ali Al-Abdulla’s scheduled term of office on the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG expired at the end of the 55th Annual General Meeting on May 5, 2015. The Annual General Meeting elected Dr. Al-Abdulla to the Supervisory Board for a further full term of office as a shareholder representative. Mr. Ahmad Al-Sayed stepped down as a shareholder representative on the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG as of the end of the Annual General Meeting. The Annual General Meeting elected Mr. Akbar Al Baker to replace him for the remainder of his term of office.
In accordance with section 104 of the AktG, the court appointed Mr. Uwe Hück, Chairman of the General and Group Works Councils of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG as an employee representative effective July 1, 2015. He replaces Mr. Jürgen Dorn, who stepped down as of June 30, 2015.
On October 7, 2015, Mr. Hans Dieter Pötsch, who had previously resigned from his office as the member of the Board of Management with responsibility for Finance and Controlling, was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG by the court as a replacement shareholder representative in accordance with section 104 of the AktG. Mr. Pötsch replaced Ms. Julia Kuhn-Piëch, who stepped down from the Supervisory Board with effect from October 1, 2015. At its meeting on October 7, 2015, the Supervisory Board elected Mr. Pötsch as its Chairman with immediate effect.
Mr. Berthold Huber and Mr. Hartmut Meine stepped down as employee representatives on the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG effective November 19, 2015 and November 21, 2015, respectively. The court appointed Mr. Jörg Hofmann, first chairman of IG Metall, and Mr. Johan Järvklo, chairman of IF Metall at Scania AB, as their replacements effective November 20, 2015 and November 22, 2015, respectively, in accordance with section 104 of the AktG.
Mr. Andreas Renschler has been the member of the Group Board of Management responsible for Commercial Vehicles since February 1, 2015 as the successor to Dr. Leif Östling. Dr. Östling stepped down from the Group Board of Management on February 28, 2015.
At its meeting on February 27, 2015, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Mr. Matthias Müller as member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility as “Chairman of the Board of Management of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG”, effective March 1, 2015.
At the same meeting, the Supervisory Board resolved to appoint Dr. Herbert Diess as a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG in his role as chairman of the brand board of management of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, effective July 1, 2015.
The Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, stepped down on September 25, 2015. The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Mr. Matthias Müller as the new Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with effect from September 26, 2015.
Mr. Christian Klingler, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for Sales and Marketing, stepped down with effect from September 25, 2015.
On October 7, 2015, the Supervisory Board appointed Mr. Frank Witter, previously Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, as member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for Finance and Controlling, as the successor to Mr. Pötsch.
Dr. Horst Neumann, member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for Human Resources and Organization, retired on November 30, 2015. The Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Karlheinz Blessing as his successor, effective January 1, 2016.
With effect from January 1, 2016, Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt took up the newly created Integrity and Legal Affairs position on the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG.
Our sincere thanks go to all of the departing members of the Supervisory Board and the Board of Management for their work.
Former Supervisory Board member Mr. Heinrich Söfjer died on June 30, 2015 aged 64. Mr. Söfjer’s tremendous initiative and outstanding dedication enabled him to play an active role in shaping the work of the Supervisory Board during his term of office from 2007 to 2010. We will honor his memory.