New head of Communications at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Martin Zimmermann (40) took over as head of Communications at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover on 1st May, 2008. In this function he will report directly to Stephan Schaller, Chief Executive Officer of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

Mr Zimmermann has many years of experience in the field of communication. He was responsible for external and internal corporate communications from 1999 – 2008 at Renault Deutschland AG.

Before that the business economics graduate worked from 1994 to 1999 as the press spokesperson at the Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken und Raiffeisenbanken (German cooperative financial services network).

Martin Zimmermann follows on from Dr Günther Scherelis (51) who had been head of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles Communications since February 2005 and who moved to be head of Corporate Communications at the Seat brand in Martorell, Spain as of 1st February, 2008.