New Sales Directors For China, Australia, North And South America

WOLFSBURG, GERMANY – June 4, 2009: Kevin Rose will take charge of sales activities at FAW-Volkswagen on the key Chinese market effective July 1, 2009. Rose latterly held responsibility for Volkswagen brand sales in North and South America. His successor in this function is Jutta Dierks, currently responsible for Group sales in Australia. The new sales director in Australia is Anke Köckler.

Rose will press ahead with positioning the Volkswagen brand in China from Changchun. He has extensive international experience. He headed international sales in Wolfsburg and was in charge of projects in China and North America. He was also responsible for Audi sales in the United Kingdom. He has been the Volkswagen brand’s executive director for sales in North and South America since 2008.

Jutta Dierks has considerable experience in national and international sales. She was finance director at the Group importer in the Czech Republic, vice president of sales and marketing at FAW-Volkswagen in China and director of sales Northern Germany for the Volkswagen brand. She was appointed managing director of Volkswagen Group Australia in 2005.

Anke Köckler has held the post of director of sales Northern Germany for the Volkswagen brand since 2005, having previously occupied various senior management posts such as head of sales planning and sales promotion for the Volkswagen brand in Germany as well as coordinating sales activities for the Spanish market.