Christian Vollmer, formerly production and logistics head at Volkswagen Group's SEAT brand, has named production board member for the VW Passenger Cars brand effective 1 August, 2020.
He replaces Andreas Tostmann who became CEO of MAN Truck & Bus with on 16 July.
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Vollmer has worked for VW for 20 years, starting his career in press planning in Wolfsburg in 1999.
In 2002, he became assistant to the production board member before moving to VW Slovakia in Bratislava as head of production.
In 2010, Vollmer transferred to VW in Shanghai also as head of production.
He was appointed technical EVP of SAIC-Volkswagen in Shanghai in 2014 has has been EVP for production and logistics at SEAT in Martorell, Spain, since 2018.
Tostmann, who has worked for VW for almost 30 years, started his career in group product planning at Wolfsburg in 1990.
In 1994, he transferred to VW de Mexico in Puebla where he was responsible for product planning powertrain.
In 1995, he took responsibility for technical project management in Wolfsburg.
In 1998, he became head of production at the Salzgitter components plant, where he was appointed plant manager in 2001.
In 2004, he was named MD of Volkswagen of South Africa in Uitenhage.
He was appointed chairman and board member for technology of VW Slovakia in Bratislava in 2007 and, in 2012, became EVP for production with SEAT.
Since 2018, he has been board member for production and logistics with VW in Wolfsburg.
