Škoda Auto - Supervisory Board

Supervisory Board

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Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Hans Dieter Pötsch

After studying commercial engineering at the Darmstadt Technical University, Hans Dieter Pötsch began his professional career at BMW, where he worked in 1979-1987, ending up as Group Head of Controlling. Subsequently, he was appointed Director General in charge of Finance and Administration at Trumpf GmbH & Co in Ditzingen. In 1991-1995 he was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Traub AG in Reichenbach. In July 1995 he joined Dürr AG in Stuttgart, where he served as Chairman of the Board of Directors until the end of 2002. Since September 2003 he has been the member of the Volkswagen AG Board of Directors responsible for Finance and Controlling. He has been a member of the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board since January 2004 and was appointed its Chairman in November 2007.

Further members of the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board (in alphabetical orders):

Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann

A graduate in commercial engineering of the Karlsruhe Technical University, Jochem Heizmann received his Dr. rer. pol. degree in 1980. In 1982 he joined Audi AG in Ingolstadt, where he worked in a number of management positions. Then he joined Volkswagen AG, where he took over leadership of the Power Unit Production central planning function in Wolfsburg and later of Production Planning for the Volkswagen brand. In 2001-2007 he was the member of the AUDI AG Board of Directors responsible for production. On 1 December 2006 he was appointed Professor Emeritus at the Mechanical Engineering Faculty of the Chemnitz Technical University. Since February 2007 he has been the member of the Volkswagen AG Board of Directors responsible for Group Production and a member of the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board.

Ing. Jan Miller

A graduate of the Czech Technical University, Prague, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, and post-graduate studies at the University of Economics, Prague, Faculty of Production Economics, Jan Miller has been with Škoda Auto since 1971. His positions include areas such as development technology and construction, where he was a member of the co-ordination group for starting up new production facilities and head of construction of Škoda-brand service stations, as well as the commercial affairs section, where he headed up the production plan department. Since 1990 he has served as an economist with the OS KOVO Škoda Auto Basic Organisation. He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ZPŠ (Škoda Health Insurance Company) and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the Board of Administration of ZPŠ. He was elected by employees to the Škoda Auto Supervisity Board in April 1993.

Dr. Horst Neumann

Horst Neumann graduated in economics and social sciences of the Universities of Hamburg and Berlin, where he was awarded the Dr. rer. pol. degree in 1995. He commenced his career in 1973 as an assistant to the Berlin senator for economic affairs. Then he was employed in the economics department at the Board of Directors of the IG Metall Union in Frankfurt am Main. In the same period, he was a member of the Supervisory Boards of Motorenwerke Mannheim AG (1981–1986), Adam Opel AG (1985–1995) and Rasselstein AG (1986–1994). From 1994 to 2000 he was a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Human Resources at several companies (Rasselstein GmbH and Rasselstein Hoesch GmbH, ThyssenKrupp Group Elevator, Audi AG). Since 2005 he has performed this function at Volkswagen AG. He has been a member of the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board since September 2007.

Jaroslav Povšík

Jaroslav Povšík graduated from the Secondary Industrial School of Chemical Science in Most. He joined Škoda Auto in 1977 and was holding various positions in logistics and social services. From 1989 he was also a member of enterprise committee of the OS KOVO Škoda Auto trade union, where he later (in 1991–1997) he served as Vice Chairman and from January 1998 as Chairman. Since then he has been reaffirmed in this position twice – in 2002 and 2006. Starting in 1994 he was Chairman of the Enterprise Committee, today’s Council of Chairmen. He is a member of the Assembly of the Confederation of Czech and Moravian Labor Unions, as well as serving on the worldwide council of Volkswagen Group trade union representatives. Since 2001 he has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ZPŠ (Škoda Health Insurance Company). He was elected to the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board in April 1993.

Dipl. Kfm. Detlef Wittig

Detlef Wittig studied macroeconomics at the Technical University in Braunschweig and corporate economics at the Göttingen University – where he ended his studies as a qualified businessman in 1968. After graduation he worked at Volkswagen AG in several marketing and sales planning positions. He spent several years abroad on business – in Tokyo as the regional VW director and in Canada as the Vice President for Sales and Marketing. In 1995 he joined Škoda Auto as a member of the Board of Directors responsible for Sales and Marketing. In 2000 he was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Volkswagen brand, where he took responsibility for the Sales and Marketing portfolio, and, at the same time, he was made Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Škoda Auto. From 2004 he was the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Škoda Auto and since November 2007 he has been a member of the Škoda Auto Supervisory Board.