Weiming Soh to Assume Responsibility for Volkswagen Sales in China and ASEAN

WOLFSBURG – July 3, 2009: The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand is setting up a new key function in International Sales with effect from August 1, 2009 to cater for the growing important of Asian markets. Weiming Soh (42), Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Volkswagen Group China, has been appointed to this new post.

In addition to his executive responsibilities for the Group in China, Weiming Soh will also take charge of the sales activities of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Hong Kong, the ASEAN countries and Taiwan. The duties associated with this key function will be performed from Group headquarters in Wolfsburg as well as his base in Beijing. In this new capacity, Weiming Soh will report direct to Christian Klingler, member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand with responsibility for Sales and Marketing.

Soh joined Volkswagen at the beginning of 2005. As Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, he is responsible for the sales activities of Volkswagen Group China on the Chinese markets. He was also in charge of FAW-Sales Company Ltd. from January 2006 to June 2008.