The Volkswagen-Mark VW Commercial Vehicles gets a new CEO. On July 1st, Stefan Mecha takes over the post and thus replaces Carsten Intra (53), who leaves the company “as part of an old -age regulation for personal reasons”.
Mecha is considered an experienced VW manager, currently he is an executive CEO for the Volkswagen car brand brand in China responsible. “He has in regions like Brazil, South Africa, Russia And China proved that with team spirit, pragmatism and profound understanding of the market can also be delivered in a challenging environment in a challenging environment, ”said Thomas Schäfer (54), CEO brand Volkswagen and head of the Core brand group notice
. Mecha had started his Volkswagen career in sales of the commercial vehicles division. He should “further strengthen the collaboration in the Brand Group Core,” said Schäfer.
His predecessor Intra has been on the post of CEO since 2020. During his time as CEO, the market launch of the Elektro Bullis ID fell. Buzz and the new van. The id. Buzz put a false start and was not particularly well received by customers because of its high price
. In addition, intra was jointly responsible for building up the autonomous business area.