The Supervisory Board of Dr. Ing. H.C. F. Porsche AG has appointed Oliver Blume as Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. In addition to the new CEO, the brand took the opportunity to elect other executive positions.
The sports car manufacturer's Supervisory Board named in a press release Dr. Oliver Blume as successor to Matthias Müller, who left Stuttgart for Wolfsburg, Volkswagen headquarters. And it wasn't by chance…Blume was already a member of the Porsche Executive Board since 2013, assuming since then the responsibilities that Production and Logistics entail.RELATED Mathias Müller is the new Volkswagen CEO
As a novelty never comes alone, Detlev von Platen will be the new Head of Sales and Marketing, who is now leaving his seven-year role as Head of Porsche Cars North America, where he has doubled the number of new vehicle deliveries. Bernhard Maier, Platen's predecessor, joins this chain of exchanges in professional positions as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Škoda.
The Supervisory Board also wants to have something to say and has appointed one of its members as Vice President of the Executive Board. It should be noted that its precursor will also take a new position as a member of Volkswagen's Human Resources Council.
Porsche AG's Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, demonstrates his special appreciation for the positions having been achieved within the company, emphasizing the familiar environment of the brand and stresses “Porsche not only has a highly motivated workforce, but it also has a very large number of exceptionally qualified managers”.
Mathias Müller's remarkable competence was also greatly gratified by several executive members who respected him: “Porsche has practically doubled its sales units, revenues and workforce over this period of time”, admitted Dr Porsche.
As for Blume's successor, no decision has yet been taken, but it is expected that he will be appointed in the coming weeks. We only know that Blume is going to have an exciting blossoming, given that the Austrian-origin brand intends to invest 1.1 billion euros in its production sites over the next five years.
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