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NO.168/2020
Note to editors: Changes at Volkswagen Communications
• Nicole Mommsen named new Head of Corporate Communications • Robin Aschhoff assumes responsibility for Communications at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand
Changes at Volkswagen Communications: Nicole Mommsen takes over as Head of Corporate Communications for the Volkswagen Group and the Volkswagen brand effective August 1, 2020. She succeeds Dr. Marc Langendorf, who left the company at his own request on May 1, 2020. Nicole Mommsen reports to Peik von Bestenbostel, Head of Volkswagen Group Communications. Communications is also realigning its management structure in light of the recent changes in the Volkswagen brand Board of Management. The new Head of Communications at the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand effective July 1, 2020, is Robin Aschhoff. In this function, he reports to the CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Ralf Brandstätter.
Nicole Mommsen Robin Aschhoff
Nicole Mommsen trained as a journalist and has worked inter alia for Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, Chicago Tribune and the international news agency Bloomberg News. These posts were followed by various roles in communications at Deutsche Post DHL, the strategic advisory firm Brunswick, and the science and technology company Merck. Nicole Mommsen has been Head of Corporate Communications DACH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland) at Goldman Sachs since October 2016.
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Robin Aschhoff trained as a journalist and began his career at Volkswagen in Business and Corporate Communications in 2009. He then held various senior roles in communications at Volkswagen’s Czech subsidiary ŠKODA from 2010, inter alia as Deputy Head of Brand Communications. In 2017, he assumed overall responsibility for communications coordination at the Volkswagen brand, also performing the same function for the Group from 2018.
Volkswagen AG Head of Communications Contact Peik von Bestenbostel Phone +49-5361-9-266 55 E-mail [email protected] | www.volkswagen-newsroom.com
About the Volkswagen Group: The Volkswagen Group, with its headquarters in Wolfsburg, is one of the world’s leading automobile manu- facturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European coun- tries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. The passenger car portfolio ranges from small cars all the way to luxury-class vehicles. Ducati offers motorcycles. In the light and heavy commercial vehicles sector, the products range from pick-ups to buses and heavy trucks. Every weekday, 671.205 employees around the globe produce on average 44,567 vehicles, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in other areas of business. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries.
In 2019, the total number of vehicles delivered to customers by the Group globally was 10.97 million (2018: 10.83 million). The passenger car global market share was 12.9 percent. Group sales revenue in 2019 totaled EUR 252.6 billion (2018: EUR 235.8 billion). Earnings after tax in the fiscal year now ended amounted to EUR 14.0 billion (2018: EUR 12.2 billion).
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