Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz

With effect from 1 July 2001, the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for ‘Procurement’. He performs this function in addition to his duties as member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand responsible for ‘Procurement’, a function assigned to Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz by the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG on 30 November 1996. In addition to his duties Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEAT, S.A. (Barcelona) with immediate effect.

Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz, born 6 May 1957 in Madrid/Spain, left school with a general certificate of education in 1974 and trained as a wholesale and export clerk with Rewe Handelsgesellschaft mbH in Mainz-Hechtsheim, completing this training in 1976. He then studied business management at the Betriebswirtschaftsakademie in Wiesbaden.

Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz started his career as a purchasing clerk at Adam Opel AG in Rüsselsheim in 1979. In 1980 he was appointed purchasing coordinator at GM España in Zaragoza/Spain, and three years later group leader Purchasing M + E at Adam Opel AG in Rüsselsheim.

From 1986 to 1988 he was chemicals purchasing agent at Opel in Rüsselsheim, subsequently holding the post of Director Supply and Export, GM Turkey in Izmir/Turkey for two years.

In 1990, Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz was appointed Purchasing Executive GM Europe (Electric) at GM Europe. From 1992 to March 1993 he was Executive Director World Wide Purchasing, GM Corporation in Detroit/USA.

At Volkswagen he was appointed head of 'Electric/Electronic Purchasing' on 22 March 1993. He became a member of top management on 1 September 1993. Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz was head of 'Group Procurement Electrics/Electronics' from December 1993 to the end of 1996. In addition, he was a member of the managing board of SEAT, S.A. in Spain from 8 September 1995 to 31 December 1996.