Alfons Dintner - Biography

Alfons Dintner was born in 1963 in Hepberg (Bavaria).

Following an apprenticeship as a fitter and after graduating from the Munich University of Applied Sciences with a degree in precision engineering, Dintner began his professional career with AUDI AG in Ingolstadt in 1987.

He was put in charge of the Audi TT paint shop and custom painting in 1998. In 2001, Dintner was given overall responsibility for the paint shop at the Ingolstadt plant.

In addition to his work for AUDI AG, Dintner also assumed a variety of planning and consulting duties during this period within the Volkswagen Group, including at SEAT, Volkswagen South Africa, Bentley, Lamborghini and FAW-Volkswagen. At Volkswagen Saxony, Dintner oversaw construction of the paint shop and was responsible for its operation for three years, while at the same time managing additional paint shop start-ups within the Group.

After leading the VW Group’s “Surface” working group (2005), Dintner transferred to Brussels in 2007. He assumed the dual function of Plant Manager and Spokesman for the Management of Audi Brussels. Dintner and his leadership team managed the model ramp-up here for the Audi A1.

He followed the call of Volkswagen de México in 2011 where he was Board Member for Production and Logistics. Dintner and his team handled a number of model start-ups in Puebla. In addition, a second production site was also successfully opened in Mexico under his leadership – the engine plant in Silao. In 2014 he became CEO of AUDI MÉXICO S.A. de C.V. In this function he was responsible for establishment of the first Audi plant in Mexico as well as for the ramp-up of the successor to the Audi Q5.

Between May and September 2019, Alfons Dintner headed the Pre-Series Center (VSC) of AUDI AG in Ingolstadt.

Alfons Dintner has been Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. since October 1, 2019