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Oliver Hoffman is the Chief Development Officer of Audi. 

The new Head of Development will be able to hit the ground running in March. Thanks to his work in Neckarsulm and subsequently as Chief Operating Officer, Hoffmann is a familiar face and leader to Audi’s ten thousand-strong development team. In recent months, he has reorganized the structure of his division and has devoted himself with passion to establishing the new corporate culture alongside running the operating business of automotive development.

Oliver Hoffmann has evidenced his technical expertise in quality assurance at [Lamborghini](/org/lamborghini), in Neckarsulm, Germany, and at the world’s largest engine plant in Győr, Hungary. Having spent several years heading Powertrain Development in Győr and later in Ingolstadt, he joined Audi Sport in 2017 as Head of Technical Development, where he was appointed Managing Director in 2018. The year 2019 saw Hoffmann take on two further management roles: Head of Technical Development at the Neckarsulm site and Head of Powertrain Development at AUDI AG. Since June 2020, he has been Chief Operating Officer in the Technical Development.



Oliver Hoffmann

Hildegard Wortmann was born on September 27, 1966, in Münster.

After graduating as a state-certified foreign language correspondent and studying business administration, she started her career at [Unilever](/org/unilever) in 1990. She held various positions there including Product and Brand Manager and was later Marketing Director for Calvin Klein. During her work with the company she gained international experience, including in London and New York. Alongside her professional career she completed an MBA in London.

In 1998 she moved to the [BMW Group](/org/bmw-group), where, among other things, she supported the relaunch of the MINI brand as Head of Brand Communication. Her other professional positions at BMW included, for example, marketing pre-development and innovation projects, product management for the X and Z models and automotive and after sales product management. With the development of the electric brand BMW i, Hildegard Wortmann placed a decisive focus on e-mobility.

In 2016 she assumed management of the BMW brand. In January 2018 she moved to Singapore, where she was responsible for the Asia-Pacific sales region.

Hildegard Wortmann has been the Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG responsible for Marketing and Sales since July 1, 2019.

Hildegard Wortmann

Jürgen Rittersberger is the current Board of Management, Finance & Legal Affairs at Audi. Prior to this, they were with Volkswagen AG from September 2018 to April 2021, where they held the position of General Secretary and Senior Vice President Group Strategy. Before that, they were with Porsche AG from October 2010 to August 2019 as Vice President Corporate Development.

Jürgen Rittersberger is a German business information systems analyst who graduated from the [University of Mannheim](/org/university-of-mannheim).

Jürgen Rittersberger works with Hildegard Wortmann - Board of Management, Marketing & Sales, Oliver Hoffmann - Board of Management, Technical Development, and Dirk Große-loheide - Board of Management, Procurement & IT. Their manager is Markus Duesmann, Chairman & CEO.

Jürgen Rittersberger

Xavier Ros is currently a member of the Board of Management at AUDI AG, where they have been since September 2015. In this role, they are responsible for Human Resources and Organization. Prior to this, they were with SEAT, S.A. from September 1999 to May 2013 as Personnel Director. Xavier has also been with AUDI AG in various roles including Product Management from December 1994 to August 1999.

Xavier Ros has a Programa de Dirección General (PDG) from [IESE Business School](/org/iese-business-school), a Group Junior Executive Program (GJEP) from [Volkswagen Group](/org/volkswagen-group), an Executive MBA from Esade, and an Industrial Engineering degree (specialized in Mechanics) from [Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya](/org/universitat-politecnica-de-catalunya).

Xavier Ros works with Hildegard Wortmann - Board of Management, Marketing & Sales, Dirk Große-loheide - Board of Management, Procurement & IT, and Jürgen Rittersberger - Board of Management, Finance & Legal Affairs. Xavier Ros reports to Markus Duesmann, Chairman & CEO.

Xavier Ros

Jörg Schlagbauer has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since February 7, 2006. 

Schlagbauer was born in Kösching (Eichstätt), Germany, on September 19, 1977. He began his vocational training as an industrial clerk at AUDI AG in 1995. He subsequently worked as a clerical assistant in the accounts receivable department in 1998. In addition to his professional posts, he studied at the administration and business academy in Munich from 1999 until 2003, graduating with a degree in business management. 

Schlagbauer has been active in the area of employee representation since 1997 – initially as a member, later as Vice Chairman and, from 1999, as Chairman of the Youth and Trainee Representation as well as the General Youth and Trainee Representation. In 2002, he became a Member of the Works Council at Audi. Since 2006, he has been a Member of the General Works Council, the Economic Committee and the Supervisory Board as well as the Executive Works Committee of the Works Council. He has been a Member (since 2010) and Vice Chairman (since 2017) of the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board. Schlagbauer has also worked for IG Metall Ingolstadt and Bavaria since 1995. In addition to his role as a workers’ representative, he has been a member of the IG Metall committee of workers’ representatives at Audi since 1999. From 2004, he worked in a voluntary capacity initially as Vice Chairman and since 2006 as Chairman of IG Metall at Audi. 

Alongside his professional responsibilities, Jörg Schlagbauer has been Chairman of the Administrative Board of Audi BKK since 2010, and Chairman of the Administrative Board of the BKK Landesverband Bayern since 2011. In 2014, he was also elected Deputy Leader of the SPD on the Ingolstadt City Council and became a member of the Administrative Board of Sparkasse Ingolstadt. 


Jörg Schlagbauer

Rainer Schirmer has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since May 9, 2018. 

Schirmer was born on September 30, 1966, in Neuenstadt am Kocher. In 1982, he began his vocational education as a power systems electronics engineer at Audi NSU Auto Union AG in Neckarsulm and that same year joined the Industriegewerkschaft Metall (IGM) trade union. Following his apprenticeship, Rainer Schirmer worked as an electrical technician for maintenance in various areas of the Neckarsulm plant from 1986 to 2002. 

In 2014 and 2015, Schirmer completed further training as a business administrator with the Stuttgart Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK). 

Rainer Schirmer has been deputy chairman of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Neckarsulm plant, since September 2016. Since then, he has been a member of the General Works Council of AUDI AG and of the Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG. Schirmer is a member of the Administrative Board of Audi BKK as well as the Board of Trustees of the Volkswagen Employee Foundation (Volkswagen Belegschaftsstiftung) and belongs to the Advisory Board of Salzach Privatstiftung. 

Schirmer’s pathway onto the Works Council began in 2000 as a shop steward. Within one year, he had become a member of the shop steward governing body for AUDI AG, Neckarsulm plant. He became a member of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Neckarsulm plant, in 2002. He has belonged to that plant’s Works Committee since 2009. 

Rainer Schirmer

Peter Mosch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since July 1, 2001, and was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG on May 9, 2018. 

Peter Mosch was born in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany, on February 15, 1972. He began training as an industrial mechanic at AUDI AG in 1987 and in the same year became a member of the Industriegewerkschaft Metall (IGM) trade union. Following his apprenticeship, Peter Mosch worked as a machinist. From 1993 to 1995, he successfully completed a two-year course to become a foreman with a distinction awarded by the Bavarian Government. 

Peter Mosch worked as a foreman in the toolmaking shop in 1995. In 1997, he transferred to assembly line maintenance at Audi, where he worked until 1998. 

Mosch first became involved in the Works Council at AUDI AG in 1990. He was initially chairman of Youth and Trainee Representation (JAV) from 1994 to 1998 and has been a member of the Works Council since 1998, chairman of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Ingolstadt plant, and chairman of the General Works Council of AUDI AG since 2006. Since that time, Peter Mosch has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Group Global Works Council of Volkswagen AG. He was elected deputy chairman of the Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG in 2018. 

Peter Mosch was elected to the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG in 2001. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of this body since 2006. 

Peter Mosch has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since 2006. Within this body, he was deputy chairman of the Audit Committee from 2013 to 2017. Mosch has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Volkswagen Supervisory Board since 2017. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE from 2009 to 2017 and was elected to the Standing Committee of this body in 2017. 

Alongside his professional commitments, involvement in social issues is a top priority for Peter Mosch. In addition to his voluntary work as deputy party leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) in the district assembly of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen (since 2008) and as member of the local executive body of IG Metall Ingolstadt and the district commission of IG Metall Bavaria, he has also been chairman of the Audi Selbsthilfeeinrichtungen (self-help organizations) since 2001. 

Peter Mosch

Markus Duesmann was born on June 23, 1969 in Heek, North Rhine-Westphalia. In 1991, he completed his studies of mechanical engineering at Steinfurt University of Applied Sciences with a degree in engineering.

He began his career in 1992 as a design engineer for a V12 series-production engine at Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart. In 1995, he moved to the development service provider FEV GmbH in Aachen, where he held various positions, the last of which was head of the engine mechanics division.

In 2004, he took over the position of main department manager for new diesel engines at DaimlerChrysler AG in Stuttgart, and in 2005 became head of Formula 1 development at Mercedes-Benz in Brixworth in the United Kingdom.

In 2007, Markus Duesmann moved to BMW AG as head of Formula 1 powertrain. After holding several responsible positions at that company, he was Board of Management Member for Purchasing and Supplier Network at BMW AG from October 2016 until July 2018.

The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Markus Duesmann as Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI AG effective April 1, 2020. Since then, he has also had Board of Management responsibility for Volkswagen Group Research and Development. On June 18, 2020, he was additionally entrusted with responsibility for the China business of the AUDI AG and with Board of Management responsibility for Technical Development and Product Lines at AUDI AG.

Markus Duesmann

Dirk Grosse-Loheide was born in Hanover in 1964.

After training as a banker at Deutsche Bank AG, Grosse-Loheide began studying economics at the University of Hanover and graduated with a degree in economics. He then began his career at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg in 1990 in machinery procurement. 

From 1994 onwards, he took over responsible functions initially in general purchasing at [SEAT](/org/seat) in Martorell and from 2000 at the [Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles](/org/volkswagen-commercial-vehicles-uk) brand in Hanover. There he assumed the position of Board Member for Procurement and Production in 2007.

In 2011, Grosse-Loheide was appointed Board Member for Procurement North America at Volkswagen de México in Puebla. Starting in 2014, he was responsible for the procurement of services and equipment for the Group.

Grosse-Loheide moved to MAN Truck & Bus in 2017 as Board Member for Procurement and at the same time took over as Head of Procurement for the Volkswagen Truck & Bus Group, which includes MAN as well as the [Scania](/org/scania) and Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus brands. He became Head of Group Operations Procurement in April 2019.

On October 1, 2019, he was appointed Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, responsible for Procurement.

Dirk Grosse-Loheide has been a member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG since April 1, 2020. He is responsible for Procurement and IT.

Dirk Große-loheide

Marianne Heiß has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since May 7, 2018. 

Marianne Heiß was born on November 2, 1972, in Krems an der Donau, Austria. From 1998 to 2002, she studied Corporate Accounting, Auditing and Management, Human Resources and Organizational Development at the University of Applied Sciences in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. 

After starting her professional career as a tax accountant and auditor, she joined [BBDO](/org/bbdo) in 1996 and has held various positions throughout Europe. Between 2011 and 2013, Marianne Heiß supervised 18 foreign subsidiaries as European Finance Director of [BBDO](/org/bbdo) Europe. She took on the role of Chief Financial Officer of [BBDO](/org/bbdo) Group Germany in June 2013. Since March 1, 2019, she has been responsible for [BBDO](/org/bbdo) Group Germany as Chief Executive Officer. The [BBDO](/org/bbdo) network is a worldwide advertising and marketing agency with headquarters in New York. With twelve agencies and brands, [BBDO](/org/bbdo) Group Germany is the leading advertising network in Germany. 

At the end of 2004, Gabler publishing company published her book “Strategisches Kostenmanagement in der Praxis” (Strategic Cost Management in Practice). Her book “YES SHE CAN – Die Zukunft des Managements ist weiblich” (YES SHE CAN – The Future of Management is Female) followed in May 2011. From 2015 until 2017, Marianne Heiß was vice president of the Gesamtverband Kommunikationsagenturen (German Association of Communication Agencies). 

Marianne Heiß

Dr. Ferdinand Oliver Porsche has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since November 19, 2009. 

Porsche was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on March 13, 1961. He studied law at the University of Salzburg and graduated with a master’s degree in law (“Magister jur.”) in 1990. He received his Doctorate in Legal Studies (“Dr. jur.”) in 1992. From 1994 to 1995, Porsche studied business administration at the University of Toronto, earning an MBA. 

From 1994 to 2003, he was managing director of Porsche Design Management GmbH & Co. KG, Salzburg, Austria. He has been managing director of Real Estate Holding GmbH, Salzburg, since 2002. He has been a member of the Board of Management of Familie Porsche AG Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Salzburg, since 2003 and managing director of Neckar GmbH, Salzburg, since 2015. 

Porsche is also a member of the Supervisory Boards of Dr. Ing. h. c. F. Porsche Aktiengesellschaft, Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Porsche Holding GmbH, and Porsche Automobil Holding SE. He was also a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen Truck & Bus [now called TRATON SE] until January 17, 2019. 

In addition, Porsche is deputy chairman of the Supervisory Board of Lebenshilfe Salzburg gemeinnützige GmbH. 


Ferdinand Oliver Porsche

Hans Dieter Pötsch has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since April 25, 2003. 

Pötsch was born in Traun, Austria, on March 28, 1951. From 1973 to 1979, he studied industrial engineering at Darmstadt University of Technology. From 1979 onward, he worked in controlling at BMW AG in Munich, ultimately becoming Head of Controlling at BMW AG in 1984, a role he held until 1987. From 1987 to 1991, he was General Manager for Finance and Administration at at Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG. From 1991 to 1995, he was Chairman of the Board of Management of Traub AG and from 1995 to 2002 Chairman of the Board of Management of Dürr AG. 

Pötsch served as Group Board of Management member with responsibility for Finance & Controlling at Volkswagen AG from 2003 to 2015. He has been Chief Financial Officer of Porsche Automobil Holding SE since 2009 and Chairman of the Board of Management of Porsche Automobil Holding SE and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since 2015. 

Pötsch is also a Member of the Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA in Gütersloh, Germany, among others. 


Hans Dieter Pötsch

Gunnar Kilian has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since May 9, 2018. 

Kilian was born January 31, 1975 in Westerland/Sylt and has worked for the [Volkswagen Group](/org/volkswagen-group) since 2000. He started his professional career in 1995 as an intern with a newspaper, subsequently holding various editorial posts before joining Volkswagen AG as a public relations officer in 2000. 

From 2003, Kilian ran the office of a member of the German Bundestag, and returned to Volkswagen AG in 2006 as press spokesperson for the Group Works Council. He worked in the Salzburg office of the Chairman of the Volkswagen AG Supervisory Board from 2012 before returning to Wolfsburg in 2013 to take up the post of Secretary-General and General Manager of the Group Works Council. 

Kilian also held Supervisory Board mandates at Wolfsburg AG, Porsche Holding Stuttgart GmbH, Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Allianz für die Region GmbH as well as Volkswagen Vertriebsbetreuungsgesellschaft and MOIA GmbH. 

Kilian has engaged in voluntary work for many years, for example as Chairman of the Volkswagen Belegschaftsstiftung (Volkswagen Employee Foundation) and also as a member of the Stiftungsrat (Board of Trustees) of the International Youth Meeting Center in Auschwitz. 

The Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG appointed Gunnar Kilian as Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with functional responsibility for 'Human Resources' effective April, 13, 2018. 


Gunnar Kilian

Dr. Hans Michel Piëch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since November 19, 2009. 

Dr. Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on January 10, 1942. He received his general qualification for university entrance in 1963 and subsequently studied law at the University of Vienna until 1968. He received his Doctorate in Legal Studies (“Dr. juris.”) in 1970. 

That same year, he began his career with Gulf Oil in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA). In 1971, he became Managing Director of Porsche KG in Stuttgart. Dr. Piëch has worked as an independent attorney since 1977. 

Dr. Piëch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Holding GmbH in Salzburg since 1975. He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche AG Stuttgart since 1989, a member of the Supervisory Board of Porsche SE since 2007, and he has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since 2009. Dr. Piëch has also been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since 2009, and has held a seat on the Presiding Committee of AUDI AG since 2016. 

Hans Michel Piëch

Mag. Josef Ahorner has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since November 30, 2015. 

Ahorner was born in Vienna, Austria, on March 26, 1960. After qualifying to enter university in 1978 from the American International School in Vienna, he completed the training course for school-leavers at the Commercial College. He then studied law in Vienna and Graz, graduating in 1993 with a master’s degree in law. 

Ahorner is Managing Director of Ahorner Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, which he founded in 1987. In 2000, he founded emarsys AG, in which he remains actively involved to the present day as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. From 1996 to 2008, he was a Member of the Board of Directors of [Porsche Holding](/org/porsche-holding). He has been a Member of the Administrative Board of [Lamborghini](/org/lamborghini) since 2015. Ahorner was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE on July 4, 2018. 

Josef Ahorner

Dr. Wolfgang Porsche has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since May 10, 2012. 

Porsche was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on May 10, 1943. After completing his general qualification for university entrance and trade exams as a fitter, he studied at the Vienna University of World Trade from 1965 to 1971, graduating in business administration. In 1973, he received a doctorate in commercial science. 

Between 1973 and 2000, he was an independent general importer of Yamaha motorcycles in Austria. From 1976 to 1981, Porsche was involved in various areas of domestic and international sales at Daimler-Benz AG, Stuttgart-Untertürkheim. He has been Managing Director of Porsche GmbH in Stuttgart since 1985. From 1988 to 2011, he was Managing Partner of Porsche Holding GmbH Salzburg. 

Porsche has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG since 1978. Porsche has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Porsche Automobil Holding SE as well as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG since 2007. He has also been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since 2008. 

Wolfgang Porsche

Alexander Reinhart

Karola Frank

Bernhard Stiedl

Rita Beck

Irene Schulz has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since July 11, 2016. 

Ms. Schulz was born in Werne, Germany, on April 10, 1964. After receiving her general qualification for university entrance, she studied in Aachen, Freiburg, and Berlin from 1983 to 1989 and graduated with a degree in political science. From 1991 to 1993, she was an educational consultant and head of the training center run by the DGB (German Trade Union Confederation) in Berlin before joining the DGB district of Berlin-Brandenburg in 1993. Ms. Schulz was in charge of the branch office of “Arbeit und Leben e.V.” in Berlin from 1998 to 2004 and then became trade union secretary of IG Metall. After working in the Berlin office for 10 years, she transferred to the district management of Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony.  Ms. Schulz was elected executive member of the Board of Management of IG Metall in 2013, where she is responsible for the areas of education, members, and development. 

In addition to her activities on the Supervisory Board at AUDI AG, Ms. Schulz holds a mandate on the Supervisory Board of Osram Licht AG & Osram GmbH. Ms. Schulz is also the Deputy Chairwoman of the Hans Böckler Foundation. 

Irene Schulz

Petra Otte has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Audi AG since May 9, 2018. 

Otte was born in Leipzig, Germany, on December 31, 1973. After studying English and Biology at the University of Stuttgart, she started as an editorial trainee at the “Filder Zeitung” newspaper in Stuttgart in 1998. Until the end of 1999, she was a trainee at the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten” newspaper. 

From 2000 to 2010, Otte worked as a business editor at the “Stuttgarter Nachrichten,” where she specialized in areas ranging from IT/telecommunications and the labor market/trade unions to finances/consumers. Beginning in 2002, she was also a member of the Works Council. In 2011, Otte became deputy business editor and was responsible primarily for the automotive industry until the end of 2013. 

Since 2014, Otte has been trade union secretary and press spokesperson of IG Metall Baden-Württemberg. She has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Aesculap AG in Tuttlingen since 2015 and has held a seat on the Supervisory Board of [Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG](/org/heidelberger-druckmaschinen-ag) since the summer of 2018. 

Petra Otte

Stefanie Ulrich has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since September 14, 2017. 

Ulrich was born in Stuttgart, Germany, on February 25, 1965. After graduating in German Studies and Political Science, Ulrich started her career with the VW Group in 1990 as part of a trainee program at Volkswagen AG. 

Between 1992 and 2007, Ulrich held various roles in human resources management at Volkswagen AG. These included the position of Head of Human Resources at Volkswagen’s Salzgitter engine plant. She subsequently transferred to Audi Brussels, where she served as Human Resources Director from 2007 to 2010. Since 2011, Stefanie Ulrich has been Human Resources Director at the Audi Neckarsulm location. 

Ulrich is also a Member of the Administrative Board of the BKK with its head office in Ingolstadt and of the Administrative Board of the Federal Labor Office in Heilbronn. 


Stefanie Ulrich

Dr. Julia Kuhn-Piëch has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG since November 30, 2015. 

Kuhn-Piëch was born in Vienna, Austria, on April 8, 1981. After receiving her general qualification for university entrance, she completed a law degree at the University of Vienna and then went on to study Real Estate and Facility Management at Vienna University of Technology. In addition to her professional posts, she received her Doctorate in Legal Studies (“Dr. iur.”) from the University of Vienna in 2017. 

Kuhn-Piëch began her career in 2009 in the planning, organization and implementation of real estate projects. She has been performing duties within the Group for four years. In addition to her role on the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG, Kuhn-Piëch is an active member of the supervisory boards of MAN SE, [MAN Truck & Bus AG](/org/man-truck-bus-ag), and since January 17, 2019 of TRATON SE. 

She has been a member of the advisory board of the Audi Environmental Foundation since September 25, 2018. 

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