Eric Felber is to become the new Head of Communications for the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand as of 1 November 2018. He will report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Management, Dr Thomas Sedran. He succeeds Dr Günther Scherelis, who is taking responsibility as Spokesperson for Environmental Affairs and Sustainability in Group Communications in Wolfsburg, also from 1 November.
Eric Felber trained as a journalist and joined the Volkswagen Group in 2001. Following a number of different positions in Business and Product Communications at AUDI AG, he moved in 2011 to the Volkswagen Group’s Corporate Communications department. In autumn 2015, he became Head of Business and Corporate Communications / Global Media Relations. Since July 2018, he has been responsible for the newly created Corporate Responsibility Communications department, which brings together CSR, environmental affairs and sustainability, sport, art, culture and society, guest and customer relations (visitor services at the Wolfsburg site) and the DRIVE Volkswagen Group Forum in Berlin.
Günther Scherelis studied earth sciences. In 1990, he started at the Volkswagen brand in Production-related Environmental Protection and in 1992 he moved to the Public Relations department. Following various positions in Corporate Communications, including Environmental Affairs Spokesperson and Head of Business PR and Media Analysis, he became Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Head of Communications for the first time in 2005. In 2008, he moved as Head of Corporate Communications to the Spanish group brand SEAT and in 2009 became Head of Communications at the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, USA. At the end of 2013 he returned to Germany, assuming responsibility once again for the commercial vehicle brand’s Communications department in Hannover.
About the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brand:
All around the globe we offer the best transport solutions for our customers. As a stand-alone brand within the Volkswagen Group, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is responsible globally for the development, construction and sales of light commercial vehicles, producing the Transporter, Caddy, Crafter and Amarok ranges. In consultation with its customers, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles draws up appropriate vehicle concepts, telematics and logistics solutions for the sparing use of resources at the highest possible level of efficiency. In 2017, the brand sold around 498,000 light commercial vehicles, produced at its sites in Hannover (D), Poznań (PL) and Września (PL) and Pacheco (ARG). Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles employs over 21,000 people globally.
SOURCE: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
