Porsche manager Oliver Blume will take control of management of Volkswagen in Wolfsburg on Thursday.
Advertisement
crucial points in short
- At the end of July, VW’s management board remarkably revealed the termination of Blume’s predecessor, Herbert Diess, and stated that Blume needs to have a “team-oriented” management culture.
The 54- year-old will drive the change of Europe’s biggest carmaker towards electrification and the conditioning of the software department. In the meantime, Blume will stay head of cars maker Porsche, a subsidiary of VW.
At the end of July, VW’s management board remarkably revealed the termination of Blume’s predecessor, Herbert Diess, and stated that Blume must have a “team-oriented” management culture. This had actually pushed away other activists from the prominent works council. Specialists anticipate Porsche to go public quickly which Blume will then leave his leading position there. With its 10 brand names, Volkswagen has 670,000 staff members in 120 plants worldwide and creates yearly sales of 250 billion euros.
More on the subject:
.
