Dr Herbert Diess

Herbert Diess was born in 1958. After holding a number of management positions at Robert Bosch GmbH and BMW, he was appointed CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand from 2015 until 2020. In 2018, Diess was appointed as CEO of Volkswagen Group and has assigned responsibility for the China Board of Management Division since 2019. On January 1, 2022, Herbert Diess took over responsibility for the automotive software unit CARIAD within the Volkswagen Group Board.