The industrial engineering graduate is married and has two sons. Furthermore, the governing body of ŠKODA AUTO a.s appointed Aksel as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the volume brand effective May 1, 2021.
In addition to serving as a member of the Group Board of Management, Murat Aksel has also been the member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for the Purchasing Division since July 1, 2020. As Group Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO), he holds overall responsibility for the purchase of materials and the provision of services at all Group sites in over 70 countries worldwide for all regions, brands and companies of Volkswagen AG. The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Murat Aksel as the member of the Group Board of Management responsible for Purchasing effective January 1, 2021.
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On January 1, 2022, Herbert Diess took over responsibility for the automotive software unit CARIAD within the Volkswagen AG Board of Management. Within the Group Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, he will retain overall responsibility for the Volkswagen Passenger Cars division and the Volume brand group. Herbert Diess will thus be given more freedom for his tasks as Group CEO. Herbert Diess, the Chairman of the Board of Management, in addition to his other duties.Īs of July 1, 2020, the Volkswagen Group is reorganizing responsibilities for the management of the brand and the Group: Dr. Herbert Diess as Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft effective April 13, 2018.Įffective January 11, 2019, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has assigned responsibility for the China Board of Management Division to Dr. The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Dr. Herbert Diess Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. In 2007, he became Member of the Board of Management, Purchasing and Supplier Network, and, in 2012, Member of the Board of Management, Development, of BMW AG.Įffective July 1, 2015, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Dr. In 2003, he was appointed Director of BMW Motorcycles. He was then assigned to the UK, where he was Director of BMW’s Birmingham plant from 1999 one year later, he became Director of the BMW plant in Oxford. From 1997, he headed the Process Consulting Department, first in the Production Division and later in the Engineering and Technology Division.
Herbert Diess joined BMW AG in Munich as Director, Long-Term and Structural Planning. In 1990, he was appointed Technical Director, Planning and Maintenance, of the Robert Bosch plant at Treto in Spain, where he was General Manager from 1993. In 1989, he continued his career with Robert Bosch GmbH in Stuttgart. From 1988, he headed the Assembly Automation Department of the Institute for Tool Machines and Plant Management. Herbert Diess was a scientific assistant at the Institute for Tool Machines and Plant Management of Munich Technical University, where he obtained a doctorate in the field of assembly automation in 1987. He studied vehicle technology at Munich University of Applied Sciences from 1977 and then mechanical engineering at Munich Technical University from 1978 to 1983.Īfter obtaining his degree in engineering, Dr. Herbert Diess was born in Munich on October 24, 1958.