Executive Bodies
(Part of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements and the Annual Financial Statements of Volkswagen AG)
Members of the Board of Management and their Appointments
APPOINTMENTS: AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007.
PROF. DR. RER. NAT.
MARTIN WINTERKORN (60)
Chairman (since January 1, 2007),
Research and Development,
Sales
July 1, 2000****
Appointments:
* FC Bayern München AG, Munich
* Infineon Technologies AG, Munich
* Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter
* TÜV Süddeutschland Holding AG, Munich
*** Scania AB, Södertälje, Sweden
DR. RER. POL.
WOLFGANG BERNHARD (47)
February 1, 2005 – January 31, 2007****
FRANCISCO JAVIER
GARCIA SANZ (50)
Procurement
July 1, 2001****
Appointments:
*** Scania AB, Södertälje, Sweden
PROF. DR. RER. POL.
JOCHEM HEIZMANN (56)
Production
January 11, 2007****
Appointments:
* Lufthansa Technik AG, Hamburg
DR. RER. POL.
HORST NEUMANN (58)
Human Resources and Organization
December 1, 2005****
Appointments:
* Wolfsburg AG, Wolfsburg
HANS DIETER PÖTSCH (56)
Finance and Controlling
January 1, 2003****
Appointments:
* Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich
* BASF AG, Ludwigshafen
* Bizerba GmbH & Co. KG, Balingen
*** Scania AB, Södertälje, Sweden
Members of the Supervisory Board and their Appointments
APPOINTMENTS: AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007
HON.-PROF. DR. TECHN. H.C.
DIPL.-ING. ETH
FERDINAND K. PIËCH (70)
Chairman
April 16, 2002****
Appointments:
* MAN AG, Munich (Chairman)
* Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart
* Porsche Automobil Holding SE, Stuttgart
*** Porsche Ges.m.b.H, Salzburg
*** Porsche Holding GmbH, Salzburg
JÜRGEN PETERS (63)
Deputy Chairman;
President International Metalworkers’ Federation – IMF
November 1, 2003****
Appointments:
* Salzgitter AG, Salzgitter (Deputy Chairman)
DR. JUR. KLAUS LIESEN (76)
July 2, 1987 – May 3, 2006****
Honorary Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG (since May 3, 2006)
ANDREAS BLECHNER (50)
April 16, 2002 – April 19, 2007****
ELKE ELLER (45)
August 20, 2001 – September 30, 2007****
DR. JUR. MICHAEL FRENZEL (60)
Chairman of the Board of
Management of TUI AG
June 7, 2001****
Appointments:
* AWD Holding AG, Hanover
* AXA Konzern AG, Cologne
* Continental AG, Hanover
* E.ON Energie AG, Munich
** Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg (Chairman)
** Hapag-Lloyd Fluggesellchaft mbH, Hanover (Chairman)
** TUI Deutschland GmbH, Hanover (Chairman)
*** Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hanover
*** Preussag North America, Inc.,
Atlanta (Chairman)
*** TUI China Travel Co. Ltd., Beijing
*** TUI Travel PLC., Crawley
BABETTE FRÖHLICH (42)
IG Metall,
Member of Executive Committee 02
with responsibility for Codetermination and Sector Policy
October 25, 2007****
Appointments:
* KION Group GmbH, Wiesbaden
* KION Holding eins GmbH, Wiesbaden
* MTU Aero Engines GmbH, Munich
* MTU Aero Engines Holding AG, Munich
DR. JUR. HANS MICHAEL GAUL (65)
June 19, 1997****
Appointments:
* Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich
* DKV Deutsche Krankenversicherung AG, Cologne
* Evonik Industries AG, Essen
* HSBC Trinkaus & Burckhardt AG, Düsseldorf
* IVG Immobilien AG, Bonn
* VNG – Verbundnetz Gas AG, Leipzig
DR. ING. JÜRGEN GROSSMANN (55)
Chairman of the Board of Management
of RWE AG;
Partner, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
May 3, 2006****
Appointments:
* BATIG Gesellschaft für Beteiligungen mbH, Hamburg
* British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg
* British American Tobacco (Industrie) GmbH, Hamburg
* Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
* MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH, Friedrichshafen
* Surteco AG, Buttenwiesen-Pfaffenhofen (Chairman)
** RWE Dea AG, Hamburg (Chairman)
** RWE Energy AG, Dortmund (Chairman)
** RWE Power AG, Essen (Chairman)
*** Ardex GmbH, Witten
*** Evonik Trading GmbH, Essen
*** Hanover Acceptances Ltd., London
*** Messer Group GmbH, Sulzbach
HOLGER P. HÄRTER (51)
Chief Financial Officer,
Deputy President of the Executive Board
of Porsche Automobil Holding SE;
Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG
May 3, 2006****
Appointments:
* Boerse-Stuttgart, Stuttgart
* EUWAX AG, Stuttgart
*** Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd., Reading
*** Porsche Cars North America Inc., Wilmington
*** Porsche Enterprises Inc., Wilmington
*** Porsche Financial Services, Inc., Wilmington
*** Porsche Ibérica S.A., Madrid
*** Porsche Italia S.p.A., Padua
*** Porsche Japan K.K., Tokyo
WALTER HIRCHE (67)
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport for the Federal State of Lower Saxony
April 8, 2003****
Appointments:
* Deutsche Messe AG, Hanover (Chairman)
PETER JACOBS (50)
Chairman of the Works Council at
the Volkswagen AG Emden plant
April 19, 2007****
Appointments:
*** Volkswagen Coaching GmbH, Wolfsburg
OLAF KUNZ (48)
IG Metall – Executive Committee 01,
Head of the Office of Legal Counsel
April 16, 2002****
Appointments:
* Bosch Sicherheitssysteme GmbH, Stuttgart
GÜNTER LENZ (48)
July 1, 1997 – July 31, 2007****
PETER MOSCH (36)
Chairman of the General Works
Council of AUDI AG
January 18, 2006****
ULRICH NEß (64)
July 1, 2004 – April 19, 2007****
ROLAND OETKER (58)
Managing Partner of ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH;
President of Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V.
June 19, 1997****
Appointments:
* Deutsche Post AG, Bonn
* IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG, Düsseldorf
*** Dr. August Oetker KG-Gruppe, Bielefeld
BERND OSTERLOH (51)
Chairman of the Group and General
Works Councils of Volkswagen AG
January 1, 2005****
Appointments:
* Auto 5000 GmbH, Wolfsburg
* Autostadt GmbH, Wolfsburg
* Wolfsburg AG, Wolfsburg
*** Projekt Region Braunschweig GmbH, Braunschweig
*** Volkswagen Coaching GmbH, Wolfsburg
PROF. DR. JUR. DR.-ING. E.H.
HEINRICH V. PIERER (67)
June 27, 1996****
Appointments:
* Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
* Hochtief AG, Essen
* Münchener Rückversicherungs-
Gesellschaft AG, Munich
* ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf
WOLFGANG RITMEIER (59)
Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Management Association (VMA)
April 19, 2007****
Appointments:
*** Volkswagen Pension Trust e.V.,
Wolfsburg
HEINRICH SÖFJER (56)
Chairman of the Works Council
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
August 3, 2007****
JÜRGEN STUMPF (53)
Chairman of the Works Council
at the Volkswagen AG Kassel plant
January 1, 2005****
BERND WEHLAUER (53)
Deputy Chairman of the General and Group Works Councils of Volkswagen AG
September 1, 2005****
Appointments:
* Wolfsburg AG, Wolfsburg
*** Volkswagen Pension Trust e.V.,
Wolfsburg
DR. ING. WENDELIN WIEDEKING (55)
Chairman of the Executive Board of
Porsche Automobil Holding SE;
President and Chief Executive Officer of
Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
January 28, 2006****
Appointments:
*** Novartis AG, Basel
*** Porsche Cars Great Britain Ltd., Reading
*** Porsche Cars North America Inc., Wilmington
*** Porsche Enterprises Inc., Wilmington
*** Porsche Ibérica S.A., Madrid
*** Porsche Italia S.p.A., Padua
*** Porsche Japan K.K., Tokyo
CHRISTIAN WULFF (48)
Prime Minister for the Federal
State of Lower Saxony
April 8, 2003****
COMMITTEES OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007
MEMBERS OF THE PRESIDIUM
Hon.-Prof. Dr. techn. h.c. Dipl.-lng. ETH Ferdinand K. Piëch (Chairman)
Jürgen Peters (Deputy Chairman)
Bernd Osterloh
Bernd Wehlauer
Dr. Ing. Wendelin Wiedeking
Christian Wulff
MEMBERS OF THE MEDIATION COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 27(3) OF THE MITBESTIMMUNGSGESETZ (GERMAN CODETERMINATION ACT)
Hon.-Prof. Dr. techn. h.c. Dipl.-lng. ETH Ferdinand K. Piëch (Chairman)
Jürgen Peters (Deputy Chairman)
Bernd Osterloh
Christian Wulff
MEMBERS OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE
Holger P. Härter (Chairman)
Bernd Wehlauer (Deputy Chairman)
Elke Eller (until September 30, 2007)
Babette Fröhlich (since November 16, 2007)
Dr. jur. Hans Michael Gaul
MEMBERS OF THE SHAREHOLDER BUSINESS RELATIONSHIPS COMMITTEE
Roland Oetker (Chairman)
Wolfgang Ritmeier (Deputy Chairman, since April 19, 2007)
Elke Eller (until September 30, 2007)
Dr. jur. Michael Frenzel
Ulrich Neß (until April 19, 2007)
Bernd Wehlauer (since November 16, 2007)
As part of their duty to manage and supervise the Group’s business, the members of the Board of Management hold other offices on the supervisory boards of consolidated Group companies and other significant investees.
* Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany.
** Group appointments to statutory supervisory boards.
*** Comparable appointments in Germany and abroad.
**** The date signifies the beginning or period of membership of the Board of Management.