rise in VolkswagenGroup: Manfred Döss (64) becomes the new chairman of the supervisory board at the car manufacturer Audi. The lawyer was on Thursday as the successor of Herbert Diess (63) has been elected and will take over the position with immediate effect, Audi AG announced. Döss has been on the supervisory board of the VW subsidiary since the beginning of September. The VW share buckled slightly on Thursday.
Diess joined as CEO on September 1st Volkswagen ceded. A rare alliance of family, employees and top management pushed the Volkswagen boss out of office
. In the end, Diess lost the trust of the owner families Porsche and Piëch, who had long protected their top manager but eventually feared the demise of Germany’s largest automobile group. According to company circles, the 63-year-old should remain active as a consultant at Volkswagen.
The new head of the supervisory board comes from the ranks of the Volkswagen Group: Döss switched to Porsche in 2013 and became a member of the board there in 2016. In the same year he took over the post of chief legal officer at VW. In February of this year, Döss moved to the position of Board Member for Integrity and Legal Affairs at VW.