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Christian Schenk appointed new Board Member for Finance and IT at ŠKODA AUTO as of 1 October

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#christianschenk to become the new Board Member for Finance and IT at ŠKODA #auto as of 1 October 2021
› He succeeds Klaus-Dieter Schürmann, who was responsible for the department for the past five years
› Schenk was most recently the Board Member for Finance, IT and Legal Affairs at MAN Truck & Bus SE
› New Board of Management team headed by CEO Thomas Schäfer now complete

Mladá Boleslav, 29 September 2021 – #christianschenk will become the new Board Member for Finance and IT at ŠKODA #auto on 1 October 2021, succeeding KlausDieter Schürmann, who has been responsible for the department for five years. Schenk was most recently the Board Member for Finance, IT and Legal Affairs at MAN Truck & Bus SE. The new Board of Management team led by CEO Thomas Schäfer is now complete.

Thomas Schäfer, ŠKODA #auto CEO, says, “I would like to thank Klaus-Dieter Schürmann for his work at ŠKODA #auto. He has made a significant contribution to the company’s excellent financial development over the past five years. Particularly in 2020 amid the challenges posed by the pandemic, he managed to achieve a clearly positive operating profit through strict cost and cash management. I wish him all the best for the future. At the same time, I am delighted that we have been able to recruit #christianschenk as ŠKODA AUTO’s new Board Member for Finance and IT. Mr Schenk is a proven financial expert with international experience in the #automotive industry. His task will be to transform the company into a long-term efficiency champion among the core European competition and to make ŠKODA’s IT operations fit for the future. I wish Mr Schenk every success in this endeavour, and I am looking forward to working with him.”

Christian Schenk will become ŠKODA AUTO’s new Board Member for Finance and IT on 1 October 2021. After graduating in economics from the University of Göttingen, Schenk began his career in 1999 at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg. Between 2003 and 2006, he worked as Head of Group Auditing for Europcar International in France and then moved to Milton Keynes as Head of Central Finance at the Group importer VW Group UK. Schenk then took on senior positions at Volkswagen Passenger Cars in Wolfsburg in the Profit and Financing (2009-2012) and Overall Financial Planning (2012-2016) departments. From 2016 to 2019, he was responsible for Controlling at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand. In October 2019, he was appointed Board Member for Finance at MAN SE and Board Member for Finance, IT and Legal at MAN Truck & Bus SE. The merger of MAN SE with TRATON SE on 31 August 2021 has resulted in the closure of the additional Executive Board position at MAN SE.

Klaus-Dieter Schürmann has been Board Member for Finance and IT at ŠKODA #auto since July 2016. During this time, the company has performed excellently in terms of revenue, earnings and return on investment. Despite the challenging pandemic year 2020, the company achieved a clearly positive operating profit thanks to numerous measures. Schürmann has been with the Volkswagen Group since 1990. In 1995 he became President and CEO of Volkswagen Credit, Inc.and a member of the management team of Volkswagen of America. 

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