Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann

With effect from February 1, 2007, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for ‘Group Production’.

In addition to this function, Prof. Dr. Heizmann was also the member of the Volkswagen brand board of management responsible for vehicle production and logistics from October 1, 2007 to September 30, 2009. Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Heizmann is the Group board member responsible for projects in Russia and India as well as for the development of the Volkswagen Group’s new factories in the USA and China.

Jochem Heizmann was born on January 31, 1952 in Speyer, Germany.

After graduating from school in Speyer, he completed a degree in industrial engineering at Karlsruhe University (TH) in 1975. He worked there as an academic assistant and was granted a doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1980. Jochem Heizmann was employed at Karlsruhe University as a chief engineer with various teaching posts and also as a freelance business consultant until the beginning of 1982.

Jochem Heizmann began his career in the car manufacturing industry in 1982 at Audi NSU AUTO UNION AG in Ingolstadt, Germany. He was initially appointed head of the work systems department. Until 1991, he was employed in various other managerial roles, including head of the technological development department, followed by the assembly (vehicle production) department.

In October 1991, Jochem Heizmann transferred to Volkswagen AG and took up the position of head of central planning for engine production in Wolfsburg. In August 1993, he was appointed head of production planning at the Volkswagen brand. In this capacity, Jochem Heizmann was responsible for planning, series production start-up and commissioning of production facilities for new vehicles and engines worldwide. He was also responsible for tool and dye at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg.

On January 1, 2000, Jochem Heizmann was appointed general technical manager and spokesman for the management of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH and Volkswagen Sachsen Immobilienverwaltung GmbH. In this capacity, Jochem Heizmann was responsible for the vehicle plant in Mosel/Zwickau and for the engine factory in Chemnitz.

From February 2001 until the end of January 2007, Jochem Heizmann was member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG responsible for ‘Production’.

Jochem Heizmann was made a guest professor of Tongji University in Shanghai on March 16, 2004. On December 1, 2006, Heizmann was named an honorary professor of the engineering faculty at Chemnitz Technical University.

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