Jürgen Rittersberger (46), formerly General Secretary and Vice President Corporate Development at Porsche AG, has been named General Secretary and Senior Vice President Group Strategy at Volkswagen AG effective September 1, 2018. He succeeds Dr. Thomas Sedran, who becomes CEO of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand from September 1.
Jürgen Rittersberger began his career at Porsche in 2002, initially working in Strategic Projects and then in Investment Management. He was named General Secretary and Vice President Corporate Development at Porsche AG in 2010. He became a General Representative at the end of 2015. Rittersberger studied information systems at the University of Mannheim. Before joining Porsche he held positions in controlling at Philipp Holzmann AG and DIBAG Industriebau AG.