Stephan Weil

Stephan Weil has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG since February 19, 2013.

Weil was born in Hamburg, Germany, on December 15, 1958. He commenced his law studies at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Germany, in 1978. He took his first State Exam in Law there in 1983, and sat his second State Exam in Law at the Higher Regional Court Celle, Germany, in 1983.

Weil practised as a lawyer in Hanover, Germany, from 1987 to 1989. From 1989 to 1991 he was a judge and prosecutor, in part on secondment to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice. He served as a judge at the Amtsgericht Hannover (Hanover Local Court), Germany, from 1991 to 1994, also on secondment to the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice. He held the position of Ministerialrat at the Lower Saxony Ministry of Justice from 1994 to 1997.

He was City Treasurer from 1997 to 2006 and Lord Mayor of the Lower Saxony capital of Hanover, Germany, from 2006 to 2013. Stephan Weil has served as Prime Minister of Lower Saxony since February 2013.

Stephan Weil has extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of corporate governance and employee matters thanks to his continual management activities in public administration and to his years of service as a supervisory board member in different industries. Furthermore, he is particularly experienced in interacting and working with government and authorities, industry associations, trade unions, and the press.