3.8.2020 Mladá Boleslav. Thomas Schaefer is now responsible for Skoda Auto board chairman. At the top of the office nearly five years later his successor, Bernhard Maier, switches, was successful.
3 Thomas Schäfer took over. Skoda Auto chairman of the Board August 2020, office. His career in the automotive industry, mechanical engineering graduate, began at Daimler AG in 1991.
2002, Germany, USA, and has worked in management positions in the areas of production and Quality Management in South Africa. Between the years of 2002-2005, he served as Chief Technology Officer, DaimlerChrysler Malaysia and tag sales, production and suppliers is a founding member of sizes.
Between 2005 and 2012, Germany’s Daimler AG, business in emerging markets, as well as the customer vehicle delivery center and global xKD-at Schaefer was responsible for. Also within the framework of responsibility in the areas of planning and Strategy, International Logistics, Foreign had in addition to the construction of new facilities as the whole of the works.
In 2011, in cooperation with the basic in China, Mercedes-Benz was one of the main tasks of construction project management. In May 2012, Volkswagen AG Shepherd moved. There, the first group was responsible for production and project management was entrusted with foreign xKD, and new interviews with production plants such as.
Since 2015, the president and general manager of Volkswagen Group South Africa, function, and sub-Saharan Africa, the region was responsible for the brand development of the group.
During the five years of activity, the expansion of advanced distribution network continuously pushed ahead with 23.5 percent share and the profitability of the dealership the Sunday previous best value of the group brands Volkswagen, Audi and VW commercial vehicles has increased.
Under the management of Thomas Schäfer, Position the Volkswagen Group significantly lower than sub-Saharan African region have developed and strengthened. This is also the construction of new production facilities and the establishment of a new cooperation agreement with importers in Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Ghana contributed to the development of concepts for mobility includes.
Chairman of the board of Skoda Auto, Skoda Auto chairman of board appointed Thomas Schaefer is now responsible for. (Source: SKODA AUTO)
