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Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland

Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland graduated from Technical University Darmstadt with a major in Mechanical Engineering and Economics. He received his Master Degree of Business Administration at the General Motors Institute, Michigan, United States. In 1984, he began working as a project analyst of European investments at Adam Opel AG. In 1987 he became Head of Manufacturing Strategy Review at General Motors Europe.

In 1990, he joined Audi AG as Director of Controlling. In 1993, he was assigned to Volkswagen AG as Director of Group Controlling. From 1995 to 1997 he took responsibility for Sales Coordination of the Volkswagen brand and the Volkswagen Group and additional for sales of the Volkswagen brand in Asia-Pacific. In 1997, Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland was appointed to Brazil to act as Finance Executive Director of Volkswagen do Brasil Ltda. One year later, he became its Executive Vice President for Finance and Corporate Strategy. In August 2002, Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland was appointed Member of the Board of Management of Škoda Auto, followed by his promotion to Vice Chairman of the Board of Management of Škoda Auto a year later. In July 2005, he assumed the position as President and CEO of Volkswagen (China) Investment Company as well as Global Vice President of Volkswagen AG and in July 2006 he was appointed Executive Vice President of Volkswagen AG. Prof. Dr. h.c. Winfried Vahland has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Škoda Auto effective September 1, 2010.

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

Klaus Dierkes

After studying building engineering and social sciences, in 1983, Klaus Dierkes started his professional career at the Triumph Adler company in Nürnberg. He joined VW Group in 1989 and started working at Volkswagen BKK Insurance Company. In 1997-1999 he was employed as a managing director of the Gründungs und Innovationszentrum Wolfsburg. He served as a spokesman at the AutoVision company and at the Wolfsburg AG, where he was also the Board member in 1999-2001. In 2006 he accepted the position of personnel director at Volkswagen Deutschland and he became a general agent at Volkswagen AG in 2007. Klaus Dierkes has been with Škoda Auto as the member of the Board of Directors responsible for Human Resources Management since 2008.

Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Hell

Dipl.-Ing. Karlheinz Emil Hell graduated in Mechanical Engineering at the Munich University. He started his professional career at the Audi AG company, that he joined as a Trainee in 1987 and where he was holding various head positions in the sphere of tool production by the year 1998. Then he became a Head of Forward Sourcing and Global Sourcing. In 2003 he accepted the position of Head of Purchase (exterior). Before he was appointed as Škoda Auto Board member responsible for purchase on January 1, 2010, he had been working as Head of Purchase at Volkswagen AG in South Africa.

Dipl.-Ökon. Winfried Krause

Dipl.-Ökon. Winfried Krause began his career with the Group in sales controlling at Audi in 1991. Then he held responsibility for various Volkswagen controlling and finance departments in Wolfsburg (Germany), Puebla (Mexico) and Palmela (Portugal). In 2001 he was named Head of Divisional Controlling at Volkswagen AG and from 2006 he was Head of Volkswagen Group Controlling. Since April 1, 2010, he has been member of the Board of Directors of Škoda Auto responsible for Commercial Affairs.

Michael Oeljeklaus

Effective from 1. August 2010, Michael Oeljeklaus was appointed Škoda Auto BOD Member for Production and Logistics. Michael Oeljeklaus joined the Volkswagen Group right after finishing university in 1988. From 1996 until 1998 he was responsible for new vehicle production start-ups in VW's plant in Wolfsburg and then until 2001 worked as Director of the Volkswagen Coaching subsidiary in Kassel. Then he assumed responsibility for start-ups of production of all new models of the Volkswagen brand. In 2002, he was appointed management spokesman at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH. Since 1 August, 2005, Michael Oeljeklaus was BOD Member responsible for production and technological development at Shanghai Volkswagen.

Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Scholz

Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Scholz graduated from the Braunschweig Technical University with a major in Energy and Process Technology and received his doctorate in 2005 from the Martin Luther University in Halle-Wittenberge. He joined Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg in 1991, where he worked in passenger car testing. In 1995-1996 he worked at IAV Gifhorn. Then he returned to Volkswagen AG as Head of the Vehicle Body Engineering Department. After three years he accepted the position of Head of Passenger Car Equipment and in May 2002 he was appointed Head of the Car Body Development. On 1 April, 2007, Dr.-Ing. Eckhard Scholz was appointed the member of the Board of Directors of Škoda Auto responsible for Technical Development.

Jürgen Stackmann

Jürgen Stackmann began his career at Ford-Werke in 1989, holding several posts in sales and marketing in Germany and Europe, particularly in the passenger cars division. Stackmann became Director for Marketing in 1999 before being appointed as Vice President Marketing at Ford Europe in 2005. Stackmann became Managing Director for Sales and Marketing at Ford-Werke in 2006, and was appointed Vice President in 2009. Since September 1, 2010 he has been Board of Directors member for Sales and Marketing at Škoda Auto.