On 1 June 2020 Stefanie Hegels will take over management of the Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant in Września. Hegels will succeed Christiane Engel, the first woman to take charge of a plant in the Volkswagen Group in 2018. From 1 June, Engel will assume responsibility for quality assurance of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Wolfsburg.
Stefanie Hegels (47) has been with the Volkswagen Group for almost 24 years and has held various functions in logistics. Hegels holds a degree in Industrial Engineering and was most recently head of logistics at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) in Hannover. She started her career in 1996 in Wolfsburg and moved to Emden in 2005 as head of Material Control and Steering. After three years working for the Volkswagen Group Russia in Kaluga, she returned to Wolfsburg where she held further Group management functions in logistics. Since March 2018 Stefanie Hegels has been head of logistics for the VWCV brand.
In 2018 Christiane Engel (53) was the first woman to assume responsibility for a production facility in the Volkswagen Group. In 1992 Engel, who holds an engineering degree in Industrial Science, started her career at Volkswagen Saxony in the field of industrial engineering. She subsequently held further responsible positions at Volkswagen, and in 2001 she moved to Auto5000 GmbH as head of work and factory organisation. From 2009 she was responsible for industrial engineering at Volkswagen Group of America in the Chattanooga plant (USA). In 2012 Christiane Engel became head of work organisation and industrial engineering at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.