Volkswagen to ‘enhance customer focus’ under new chairman after Deiss departs

Volkswagen Group has highlighted a desire to “enhance its customer focus” under a new chairman after announcing that Oliver Blume would take the reins from Herbert Deiss.

The chairman of the German manufacturing giant’s supervisory board, Hans Dieter Pötsch, praised Deiss for steering the company through “extremely turbulent waters” as his successor was announced during a meeting on Friday (July 22).

Blume will take over as chairman on September 1 while retaining a position as chairman of Porsche which he has held since 2015.