Audi’s supervisory board has appointed Rupert Stadler, board member for finance and organisation, as the company’s acting chairman of the board of management with effect from 1 January.
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Audi spokesman Andreas Meurer told just-auto that Stadler is only ‘acting’ because there are some corporate/legal formalities that need to be completed before the position can be made official.
Specifically, the Audi CEO is also a member of the board of management of Volkswagen, and his new post has to approved by the Volkswagen supervisory board, which will meet next in late February or early March.
No-one has been appointed to replace Stadler as Audi board member with responsibility for finance, so Stadler will retain his previous portfolio on top of his new role.
At the same time, Martin Winterkorn, who is taking over as chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen on January 1, will be joining Audi’s supervisory board.
He has been elected the new chairman of the Audi supervisory board, taking over a position previously held by Bernd Pischetsrieder, whom Winterkorn is succeeding as VW chairman.
