Senior Management

MANAGEMENT BOARD

The Board of Management of Volkswagen AG comprises seven members. Each Board Member is responsible for one or more functions within the Volkswagen Group. Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn is the Chairman.

The work of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG is supported by the boards of the brands and regions as well as by the other group business units and holdings.

Chairman of the Board of Management of VOLKSWAGEN AG
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Martin Winterkorn Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, with responsibility for ‘Group Research and Development’, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Audi AG, Chairman of the Board of Management of Porsche Automobil Holding SE
Members of the Board of Management of VOLKSWAGEN AG
Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann Functional Responsibility Group Production	Dr. rer. pol. h. c. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz Functional Responsibility Procurement
Dr. Horst Neumann Functional Responsibility Human Resources and Labour Director	Dipl. Wirtsch.- Ing. Hans Dieter Pötsch Functional Responsibility Finance and Controlling, Chief Financial Officer of Porsche Automobil Holding SE
Christian Klingler Functional Responsibility Sales	Rupert Stadler Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG

SUPERVISORY BOARD

The Supervisory Board is responsible for monitoring the Management and approving important corporate decisions. Moreover, it appoints the Members of the Board of Management.

The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG comprises 20 members and conforms to the German Co-determination Act. Dr. Ferdinand K. Piëch is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG.

Hon.-Prof. Dr. techn. h. c. Dipl.-Ing. ETH Ferdinand K. Piëch
Chairman
April 16, 2002* 

  

Members of the Supervisory Board 

Jürgen Peters
Deputy Chairman
President International Metallworkers' Federation - IMF
November 01, 2003*

Jörg Bode
Minister of Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport for the Federal State of Lower Saxony
November 06, 2009*

Dr. jur. Michael Frenzel
Chairman of the Board of Management of TUI AG
June 7, 2001*

Babette Fröhlich
IG Metall,
Member of Executive Committee 01
with responsibility for Strategic Planning
October 25, 2007*
 
Dr. jur. Hans Michael Gaul 
June 19, 1997*  
 
Dr. Ing. Jürgen Großmann
Chairman of the Board of Management of  RWE AG;
Partner, Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
May 3, 2006* 

Peter Jacobs
Chairman of the Works Council at the Volkswagen AG Emden plant
April 19, 2007*

Hartmut Meine
Director of the Lower Saxony and
Saxony-Anhalt Regional Office of IG Metall
December 30, 2008*
 
Peter Mosch
Chairman of the General Works Council of Audi AG
January 18, 2006* 
 
Roland Oetker
Managing Partner of ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH; 
Hon. President of Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e.V.
June 19, 1997* 
 
Bernd Osterloh
Chairman of the General and Group Works Councils of Volkswagen AG
January 01, 2005*

Dr. Hans Michel Piëch
Attorney
August 07, 2009*

Dr. Ferdinand Oliver Porsche
Member of the Management Board of Familie Porsche AG Beteiligungsgesellschaft
August 07, 2009*

Dr. Wolfgang Porsche
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche AG
April 24, 2008*

Wolfgang Ritmeier
Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Management Association (VMA)
April 19, 2007*

Heinrich Söfjer
Chairman of the Works Council of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
August 03, 2007*

Jürgen Stumpf
Chairman of the Works Council at the Volkswagen AG Kassel plant
January 01, 2005*  

Bernd Wehlauer
Deputy Chairman of the General and Group Works Councils of Volkswagen AG
September 01, 2005*
 
Christian Wulff
Minister-President of the Federal State of Lower Saxony
April 8, 2003*



 * The date indicates the effective date of appointment to the Supervisory Board.