Supervisory Board

Hans Dieter Pötsch

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Hans Dieter Pötsch was born in 1951 in Traun (Austria). He studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany, from 1973 to 1979. He worked in controlling at BMW AG in Munich, Germany, from 1979, and subsequently became head of controlling at BMW AG in 1984, serving in this function until 1987. He was general manager for finance and administration at Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG from 1987 to 1991. He served as chairman of the management board of Traub AG from 1991 to 1995, and was chairman of the management board at Dürr AG from 1995 to 2002. Mr. Pötsch served as group management board member with responsibility for finance and controlling at Volkswagen AG from 2003 to 2015. He has served as board member for finance at Porsche Automobil Holding SE since 2009. Since 2015 he has served as chairman of the management board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE and chairman of the supervisory board of Volkswagen AG. Since January 2019, Hans Dieter Pötsch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Michael Lyngsie

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Michael Lyngsie was born in 1977 in Södertälje (Sweden). He started his career as a CNC operater at Scania Gearbox in 1996 and has held various positions at Scania since then. In 2006, he became a full-time representative of IF Metall at Scania and has been a member of the board of directors since 2018. Additionally, Mr. Lyngsie has been president of the metalworkers union in Södertälje and Sweden since August 2018. Since January 2019, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company, and since September 2021, he has also been Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Ödgärd Andersson

Member of the Supervisory Board

Ödgärd Andersson was born in 1972 in Gothenburg (Sweden). She has a master’s degree from the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg (Sweden). Her career began at Ericsson AB in 1997, where she held several management positions, for example as Vice President, Head of Packet Core R&D, and Head of the Ericsson site in Gothenburg. Between 2016 and 2019, Andersson was Vice President Vehicle Software and Electronics at Volvo Car Corporation. She was an independent member of the Board of Directors of Opus Group AB from 2017 to 2020. In May 2019, Andersson took over as Chief Digital Officer of Volvo Car Corporation, a role she held until 2020. Between 2020 and 2021, she was a member of the Board at the Volvo Cars Tech Fund. Andersson has been Chief Executive Officer of Zenseact AB since November 2020. In March 2021, she became an independent member of the Board of Directors of Sleep Cycle AB. Andersson has been a member of the Supervisory Board of TRATON SE since April 2023.

Dr. Manfred Döss

Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Manfred Döss was born in 1958 in Bad Kreuznach (Germany). He studied law at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, Germany. After his post-graduate clerkship in 1987, he received his doctorate in 1990. Dr. Döss started his career at Metallgesellschaft AG (today Gea AG) in the Legal department. In 1996, he became head of the Legal department and in 1994, he also became representative of senior executives in the co-determined Supervisory Board of Metallgesellschaft AG. From 2005 to 2013, Dr. Döss worked as head of the Legal department of RWE AG. From 2007 to 2009, he also served as non-executive director during the initial public offering of American Water Works Co. Inc., Voorhees (NJ), USA, a former subsidiary of the RWE Group. From 2013 to 2015, Dr. Döss served as head of the Legal department of Porsche Automobil Holding SE. Since 2016, Dr. Döss has served as member of the Management Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE, responsible for Legal and Compliance. Since January 2019, Dr. Döss has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company. The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG has appointed Dr. Manfred Döss to the Group Board of Management where he will be responsible for “integrity and legal affairs”, effective February 1, 2022.

Gunnar Kilian

Member of the Supervisory Board

Gunnar Kilian was born in 1975 in Westerland (Germany). He has worked for the Volkswagen Group since 2000. Mr. Kilian started his professional career in 1999 at Verlag Lokalpresse GmbH as responsible editor for the Wolfsburger Kurier before joining Volkswagen AG as a public relations officer in 2000. From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Kilian was responsible for the office of a member of the German parliament, and returned to Volkswagen AG in 2006 as advisor to the works council and became press spokesperson for the group works council in 2009. He worked in the Salzburg office of the chairperson of the Volkswagen AG supervisory board from 2012 before returning to Wolfsburg in 2013 to take up the position as secretary-general and general manager of the group works council. Since April 2018, Mr. Kilian has been a member of the management board of Volkswagen AG with functional responsibility for "Human Resources." In addition Mr. Kilian took over responsibility for the division Truck & Bus as of July 2020. Since September 2021 he is again a member of the board of management of Volkswagen brand passenger cars. Furthermore Gunnar Kilian is chairman at MAN Energy Solutions SE, Wolfsburg AG, Autostadt GmbH, VW Group Services GmbH, and Volkswagen Real Estate GmbH. He holds positions as member of the supervisory board at MAN Truck & Bus SE, Scania AB and Scania CV AB, Audi AG, Alliance for the Region GmbH, and CARIAD SE. Since the beginning of March 2019 Gunnar Kilian is joining the Board of Directors of FAW-­Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., Changchun. Mr. Kilian has been engaged in volunteer work for many years, for example as a member of the Stiftungsrat (Board of Trustees) of the International Youth Meeting Center in Auschwitz. Since January 2019, Mr. Kilian has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Dr. Albert Kirchmann

Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Albert Xaver Kirchmann was born in 1956 in Engelitz (Germany). He studied business and engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and received his doctorate in 1984. Dr. Kirchmann began his career at Daimler-Benz AG in 1984 as an assistant to the plant management with responsibility for controlling and calculation. After various positions in controlling, including positions at Mercedes-Benz in Spain, Dr. Kirchmann started in strategy, controlling, and planning for the powertrain business unit in 1997. Subsequently, he held further management positions in finance before becoming head of finance and controlling, business, and product planning at Daimler Truck & Buses in 2004. In 2009, Dr. Kirchmann became head of and president of Daimler Trucks Asia as well as chief executive officer (CEO) of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation. Additionally, he has held further management board positions at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the European Business Council in Japan as well as the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. Since 2017, Dr. Kirchmann has been working self-employed as chief executive advisor. Since January 2019, Dr. Kirchmann has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Dr. Julia Kuhn-Piëch

Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Julia Kuhn-Piëch was born in 1981 in Vienna (Austria). She studied law at the University of Vienna, graduating in 2007. Additionally, Dr. Kuhn-Piëch studied real estate management at the Vienna Technical University. In 2017, she received a Doctor of Law (Dr. iur). Since 2009, Dr. Kuhn-Piëch has been working as a self-employed real estate manager. Since 2014, Dr. Kuhn-Piëch has served as a member of the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE. Since 2015, she has also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG. In 2015, she served as a member of Volkswagen AG’s Supervisory Board. Dr. Kuhn-Piëch has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Audi Stiftung für Umwelt GmbH since 2018. Since January 2019, Dr. Kuhn-Piëch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company and a member of the Board of Directors of Scania AB and Scania CV AB since October 2020.

Nina Macpherson

Member of the Supervisory Board

Nina Macpherson was born in 1958 in Gothenburg (Sweden). She holds a master of law from Stockholm University. Ms. Macpherson began her career in 1982 as in-house lawyer at Salén Shipping Companies, focusing on general marine law. From 1985 until 1988, she acted as legal advisor at Rederi AB Reut. In 1988, Ms. Macpherson joined Rydin & Carlsten Advokatbyra AB as a lawyer. From 1996 to 2018, Ms. Macpherson worked in various positions at Ericsson, including Vice President Deputy Head of Group function Legal Affairs and head of the General Counsel’s office, Finance, Insurance, and M&A as well as Trade Compliance. In 2011, she became Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer for the Ericsson Group. Since 2011, Ms. Macpherson has been a member of the Swedish Securities Council and since April 2018, she has been a member of the Board of Scania AB and Scania CV AB. Since January 2019, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company. Since May 2020, Ms. Macpherson has been a member of the Board of Scandinavian Enviro Systems AB. She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Netel Group AB since June 2021.

Dr. Dr. Christian Porsche

Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Dr. Christian Porsche was born in 1974 in Munich (Germany). He studied human medicine at the Free University and Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, and received his doctorate in medicine in 2002. In 2007, he received his doctorate in biology from Würzburg University. From 2005 to 2006 he participated in the ”BWL im Krankenhaus” distance learning course offered by Nürnberg-Erlangen University and in 2009 he took part in the ”Management Acceleration Programme” at INSEAD. In the field of medicine Dr. Dr. Porsche worked from 2007 onwards as an assistant physician at various clinics and hospitals and from 2013 to 2014 as a neurology specialist at the Christian-Doppler-Klinik in Salzburg, Austria. Since 2015, he has been working as a neurologist in private practice in his own medical office ”APEXMED” in Salzburg. From a business perspective Dr. Dr. Porsche held partnership interests in Porsche Austria GmbH & Co. OG, Porsche Konstruktionen GmbH & Co. KG, and Porsche Inter Auto GmbH & Co. KG from 2005 to 2009. In the period between 2013 and 2017, he served as a member of the Supervisory Boards of MAN Truck & Bus SE, Scania AB, and MAN SE — with different dates of joining the respective committee. Since January 2019, Dr. Dr. Porsche has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company. Since 2020, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Scania AB and Scania CV AB and a member of the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE.

Dr. Wolf-Michael Schmid

Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Wolf-Michael Schmid was born in 1947 in Schöningen (Germany). He studied business administration in Berlin and Göttingen and holds a doctorate from the TU Braunschweig. After graduation, Dr. Schmid began his career as managing director of Mineralöltransport GmbH. He is currently managing director and shareholder of Dr. W.-M. Schmid GmbH with a registered seat in Helmstedt. Dr. Schmid owns various companies that operate several Bosch and MAN maintenance and service points and is furthermore engaged in property development. For 10 years, Dr. Schmid was president of the chamber of industry and commerce in Braunschweig. He is currently honorary president. Dr. Schmid has also acted as honorary judge at the fiscal court of Lower Saxony in Hanover for five years. Since January 2019, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Frank Witter

Member of the Supervisory Board

Frank Witter was born in 1959 in Hanover (Germany). He holds a degree in business administration and has been with the Volkswagen Group since 1992. After training as a qualified savings bank officer, Frank Witter studied economics at the University of Hanover. Mr. Witter started his career at BASF AG in Ludwigshafen as group leader special financing operations. He joined Volkswagen AG in 1992, heading the capital markets business section at group treasury until 1998. He subsequently became corporate treasurer at Volkswagen of America Inc. and Volkswagen Canada Inc. and its subsidiaries in Auburn Hills, Michigan (USA). From 2001 to 2002, Mr. Witter served as corporate treasurer at SAirGroup in Zurich (Switzerland). In 2002, he became CFO at Volkswagen of America Inc. and Volkswagen Canada Inc. as well as its subsidiaries. From the beginning of 2005, he held the function of CEO and CFO at Volkswagen of America Inc. and Volkswagen Canada Inc. From October 2007 to mid-September 2008, Frank Witter served as president and CFO of VW Credit Inc. and was regional manager for the North and South American markets of Volkswagen Financial Services AG. Frank Witter has been chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen Financial Services AG since September 2008. In October 2015, he was appointed a member of the management board of Volkswagen AG with functional responsibility for “Finance and Controlling.” The supervisory board of Volkswagen AG additionally transferred responsibility for IT to Mr. Witter with effect from April 2018. Effective March 31, 2021, Frank Witter left the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG at his own request. Since January 2019, Frank Witter has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Torsten Bechstädt

Member of the Supervisory Board

Torsten Bechstädt was born in 1973 in Bremen (Germany). He studied economics at the University of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) Hamburg, Germany, from 1995 to 1999, and – alongside working – business administration at the distance university (Fernuniversität) Hagen, Germany, from 2001 to 2003. From 1999, he worked as head of a transport office in the German Armed Forces and from 2001 to 2004 he headed a logistics office for port operations at home and abroad of the German Armed Forces. After his time with the German Armed Forces, Torsten Bechstädt worked in the controlling, capital markets and asset management departments of Volkswagen AG’s group finance department from 2004 to 2015. He has been an expert consultant to the group works council at Volkswagen AG since 2015. He has also engaged in voluntary work as Chief Financial Officer of the Volkswagen Belegschaftsstiftung (Volkswagen Employee Foundation) and he is a member of the audit committee for accountants of the Hanover Chamber of Industry and Commerce. Since January 2019, Torsten Bechstädt has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Mari Carlquist

Member of the Supervisory Board

Mari Carlquist was born in 1969 in Gävle (Sweden). After having finished secondary education in Gävle, she started her career at Scania chassis assembly and participated in several internal trainings. Subsequently, she held various positions at the company. Ms. Carlquist is currently working as chairman for the white collar union Unionen at Scania in Södertälje. Since 2015, Ms. Carlquist has been a member of the board of Scania CV and Scania AB. Since January 2019, Mari Carlquist has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Daniela Cavallo

Chairwoman of the General and Group Works Councils of Volkswagen AG

Daniela Cavallo was born in 1975 in Wolfsburg. She began her commercial apprenticeship at Volkswagen in 1994. She was a member of the youth and trainee representation between 1997 and 1999. From 1999 onward, she trained commercial apprentices, was a member of the shop stewards’ executive committee, and qualified as a business economist, a degree she completed in 2002 alongside her professional commitments. Daniela Cavallo has been a member of Volkswagen AG’s Works Council since 2002 and a member of its managing works committee since 2013. She chaired the committee for basic personnel regulations of Volkswagen AG from 2013 until 2018. Between 2019 and April 2021, she was Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council at the Wolfsburg site and of the General Works Council. She also served as Deputy Chairwoman of the Group Works Council during the same period. She has been Chairwoman of the Central and Group Works Councils since April 2021. Since 2019, Daniela Cavallo has been Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Financial Services GmbH. She has been a member of the Supervisory Boards of Volkswagen AG, Porsche Holding Gesellschaft m.b.H. Salzburg, and Porsche Holding Stuttgart GmbH since 2021. In addition, Daniela Cavallo serves as a voluntary member of the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Belegschaftsstiftung foundation and the Pension Trust of Wolfsburg AG. Daniela Cavallo has been a member of the Company’s Supervisory Board since June 2021.

Jürgen Kerner

Member of the Supervisory Board

Jürgen Kerner was born in 1969 in Augsburg (Germany). He trained as an information electronics technician at Siemens AG in Augsburg from 1985 to 1989 and afterwards worked as a function tester at Siemens AG from 1989 to 1990. Between 1990 and 1995, Mr. Kerner was a full-time works council member of Siemens AG. From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Kerner acted as trade union officer, from 2000 until 2004 as Vice President and from 2004 until 2011 as President of the IG Metall local in Augsburg. From 2011 until 2013 he was a full-time member of the Executive Committee of IG Metall. Since 2013, Mr. Kerner has served as treasurer of IG Metall responsible, among others, for finance, controlling, commercial and in-house services, and IT. Since January 2019, Jürgen Kerner has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Lisa Lorentzon

Member of the Supervisory Board

Lisa Lorentzon was born in 1982 in Växjö (Sweden). Between 2001 and 2007 she studied media technology at the Linköpings University and graduated with a master of science. She has held various positions at Scania since 2007. Since 2012, Ms. Lorentzon has been a member of the board of directors at Scania AB and Scania CV AB. Additionally, she is the chairperson for the Union for University Graduates (Akademikerföreningen) at Scania. Since January 2019, Lisa Lorentzon has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.

Bo Luthin

Member of the Supervisory Board

Bo Luthin was born in 1967 in Eskilstuna (Sweden). Since 1985 he has worked at Scania in various positions and successfully participated in several trainings, among others in the field of work environment responsibility. He started his career at Scania chassis assembly. From 1991 to 2008, he was a mechanic in transmission development. From 2003 to 2008, Mr. Luthin also worked as local safety officer before he became deputy senior safety officer at Scania Södertälje in 2008 and senior safety officer in 2010. Since 2016, Mr. Luthin has been working as coordinating senior safety officer at Scania Sweden responsible for the international coordination of work environment issues. Since then, he has also been a representative of IF Metall at Scania. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company since January 2019.

Karina Schnur

Member of the Supervisory Board

Karina Schnur was born in 1977 in Ingolstadt (Germany). Between 1994 and 1997, she completed a commercial apprenticeship at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt. In 1997, after three years in the controlling department at AUDI AG, she took over as deputy chairperson of the representative body for youth and trainees (Jugend - und Auszubildendenvertretung). From 2002 to 2018, Ms. Schnur held various positions at IG Metall, and was subsequently responsible for the works council of TRATON SE and MAN Truck & Bus SE as general secretary from 2018 to 2022. Since 2021, she has been the chairwoman of the SE Works Council of TRATON SE and MAN Truck & Bus SE and was elected chairwoman of the General and Group Works Council of MAN Truck & Bus SE and chairwoman of the Group Works Council of TRATON SE in spring 2022. Ms. Schnur is, among other things, a member of the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE. Since January 2019, she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the company.

Josef Sedlmaier

Member of the Supervisory Board

Josef Sedlmaier was born in 1964 in Markt Indersdorf (Germany). After training as a toolmaker with MAN Nutzfahrzeuge (now MAN Truck & Bus SE) between 1979 and 1982, he held a variety of roles at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge and MAN HR Services GmbH (formerly MAN Unternehmensberatung/MAN Altersversorgung). Josef Sedlmaier was a member of the Works Council of MAN SE from 2002 to 2020, becoming its Chairman in 2008. He transferred to TRATON SE in 2020 and has been Chairman of TRATON SE’s Works Council ever since. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company since December 31, 2022.

Markus Wansch

Member of the Supervisory Board

Markus Wansch was born in 1971 in Schwabach, Germany. After training as an auto mechanic, he began his career in 1998, when he joined MAN Truck & Bus SE as an engine mechanic. He has held various roles at MAN Truck & Bus ever since. Markus Wansch has been a member of the Works Council of MAN Truck & Bus SE since 2006 and its Chairman since 2018. He has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE since November 13, 2018, and of the Supervisory Board of TRATON SE since September 29, 2021.