Stephan Schaller will take over as president of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles division from the 1st January 2007.

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He will take over from the incumbent Bernd Wiedemann, who will retire, as planned, at the age of 65, reported dpa-AFX news agency.


Schaller is 48 years of age and is currently head of production. He has previously held positions with Linde and BMW.

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