Gernot Döllner to succeed Markus Duesmann as the new CEO of AUDI in Volkswagen’s Group Board of Management

Start date: 1 September 2023

As the new CEO of AUDI AG, Gernot Döllner will take his place on Volkswagen AG’s Group Board of Management on 1 September 2023. He will take over from Markus Duesmann, who will resign from Group management at the same time. The Group Supervisory Board adopted a resolution to this effect today.

Markus Duesmanndeserves our sincere thanks for all he has done at Audi. He launched an ambitious electrification strategy, achieved an important strategic milestone with the E-Roadmap and by setting the course for a complete switch to e-mobility, created a clear framework, at an early stage, for the systematic reorganisation of Audi,” said the Chairman of Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board, Hans Dieter Pötsch. “With Gernot Döllner, Audi is gaining a manager with a great deal of experience in the Group and with the products who will consistently advance and develop Audi’s strategy,

Born in Lower Saxony, Gernot Döllner studied mechanical engineering and joined Volkswagen as a doctoral student in 1993. He held a number of managerial positions at Porsche AG, including as head of Concept Development and head of the Panamera series. He has been the head of Product and Group Strategy and the General Secretariat in the Volkswagen Group since 2021.