Garcia Sanz new Chairman of the SEAT Board of Directors

Francisco Javier Garcia Sanz has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of SEAT, S.A. (Barcelona) with immediate effect. Garcia Sanz (50) is Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group with responsibility for “Procurement”

At SEAT, the Spaniard succeeds Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft. In addition to his other responsibilities in the Group, Garcia Sanz was a member of the SEAT Executive Committee in 1995 and 1996 and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Volkswagen AG’s Spanish subsidiary since 1996.

The business management graduate has been with Volkswagen since 1993. He was responsible, inter alia, for Group Procurement Electrics/Electronics before being appointed to the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management in 1996 and additionally to the Group Board of Management in 2001.