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Plant Manager Audi Ingolstadt site Siegfried Schmidtner was born in Ingolstadt in 1971. After obtaining his high-school diploma, he studied Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, specializing in Construction and Development. He then completed a doctorate in Product Design and Process Chain Planning at Chemnitz University of Technology. In 1998, he joined Audi in Engine and Chassis Planning. As Head of Production Planning for six and eight-cylinder engines, Schmidtner spent two years in charge of all V6 and V8 engine projects at the Hungarian site in Győr. In 2006, Schmidtner became Head of the Audi A3 Ramp-Up and Analysis Center in Ingolstadt. Three years later, he moved to Vehicle Production Ingolstadt, heading up production of the Audi A3, the Audi TT and subsequently the Audi Q2. Among other things, he was responsible for the initial ramp-up of the Q2 and the ramp-up of the third generation of the Audi A3. As Project manager, he assumed responsibility in 2017 for the planning and control of all production activities for vehicle and platform projects for the Electric premium platform and the B series, i.e. the Audi A4, Audi A5, and Audi Q5, including the plug-in hybrids, in the Production division. From November 2018, Siegfried Schmidtner was responsible for the central functions of production at AUDI AG, with a focus on production strategy, digitalization and transformation in the Production division. Among other things, the current matrix-oriented structure was created there. In October 2019, Schmidtner took over management of the newly created Product Engineering department, at the intersection between the Production and Technical Development divisions. There, he was responsible for the virtual and physical assurance of product maturity and technical feasibility, worldwide production ramp-ups and the construction of all of the Audi brand’s prototypes and pre-series vehicles.

Member of the Board of Management at AUDI AG Human Resources Xavier Ros was born in Barcelona in 1971. He studied mechanical engineering at the Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering. The native of Spain started his professional career in Audi’s Production and Logistics division in Ingolstadt in 1994. Three years later, he took over project management activities on the Audi A8 product line. In 1999, Xavier Ros transferred to SEAT’s Technical Development division to advance the third-generation SEAT Ibiza in the Development Management department. In 2002, Xavier Ros was appointed Secretary General of SEAT. Five years later, he took over the role of Human Resources Strategy and Development Manager. Starting in 2011, Ros was appointed SEAT’s Personnel Director. From 2013 to 2015, Xavier Ros worked at VW Autoeuropa in Portugal, where he managed the Human Resources department as a member of its Executive Committee. He returned to Martorell as SEAT’s Executive Vice President for Human Resources and Organization in September 2015. Since May 20, 2022, Xavier Ros has been Labor Relations Director and Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG for Human Resources.

Chairman of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Plant Neckarsulm Member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG Vice Chairman of the General Works Council of AUDI AG Alexander Reinhart was born in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany, in 1985. He began his career in 2004 as an apprentice mechatronics technician at AUDI AG in Neckarsulm. That same year, he became a member of Germany’s Industrial Union of Metalworkers (IG Metall). After completing his training, Reinhart worked from 2007 to 2012 as a production specialist, a welding line operator in B/C-segment body construction, and a co-trainer for electrical engineering. In 2012, he successfully completed his advanced training as a REFA technician and then worked in industrial engineering at the plants until 2014. Since 2014, Reinhart has been a member of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Plant Neckarsulm. He first became a union representative in 2004. From 2008 to 2010, he was both chairman of the youth and apprentice representative body (JAV) in Neckarsulm and vice chairman of the general JAV. Reinhart has been a member of the board of union representatives since 2008 and served as the board’s chairman from 2020 to 2021. He has also been active on the IG Metall local executive committee in Neckarsulm since 2016. Reinhart joined the Audi General Works Council in 2018, and he has been a member of the Economic Committee of AUDI AG since 2020. In 2021, he assumed the role of Vice Chairman of the Works Council in Neckarsulm and thus became a member of the Group Works Council of Volkswagen AG. On January 1, 2022, he joined the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG, where he serves on the Audit Committee. In 2026, Reinhart was elected Chairman of the Works Council of AUDI AG, Plant Neckarsulm.

Member of the Board of Management at AUDI AG Production and Logistics Gerd Walker was born on February 1, 1970, in Reutlingen, Germany. He first worked at AUDI AG in 1997 as a working student in the field of engineering, writing a thesis on concept design for small-series production. After finishing his degree at the University of Stuttgart, he took his first job as a concept designer in the Production division at Audi in Ingolstadt. In the period from 2002 to 2006, Gerd Walker had various positions in Technical Development in Neckarsulm and Ingolstadt. At first he was responsible for the procurement and production of test components for the construction of test vehicles; from 2004, he was project manager in charge of setting up the pre-series center, on the development side. From 2005 to 2006, he managed the provision of materials and maintenance in the Technical Development division. From 2006, he was responsible for product and process technology, body construction and exterior, in the pre-series center for the worldwide production of new models. From 2009 to 2012, he acted as Board speaker for the Production division. In September 2012, Gerd Walker took over the management of vehicle production at AUDI HUNGARIA in Györ. In September 2016, he moved into the Group and managed production strategy in Wolfsburg. From July 2018 to January 2022, Gerd Walker was head of Production at the Volkswagen Group in Wolfsburg. Since February 1, 2022, Gerd Walker has been Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG, responsible for production and logistics.

Plant Manager at Audi Neckarsulm The graduate engineer Fred Schulze was born on 24 February 1967 in Gardelegen (Saxony-Anhalt). He is married and has a son. Fred Schulze studied Production Technology at the University of Magdeburg, followed by Welding Engineering. He has worked in the Volkswagen Group for almost 30 years, having begun his professional career in 1993 at AUDI AG in Neckarsulm. In April 1994, he became head of Quality Assurance for the Body Shop of the A8. After this, he worked for MAN for two years and returned to Neckarsulm in 1998 as head of the Body Shop. In 2004, he moved to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, where he was responsible for, among other things, the Body Shop for the Volkswagen Bus and the Porsche Panamera, before switching to the Volkswagen plant at Emden in 2010 as Production Manager. From 2012 to 2015 Schulze occupied the position of Plant Manager at the Neckarsulm site for the first time, and then moved to be Production Manager at Ingolstadt until mid-2016. From 2016 to 2018, he was responsible for the Q models of the Four Rings brand as Model Series Manager. In 2018, he moved to China, where he was Executive Vice President for Production and Product Management at SAIC Volkswagen in Shanghai – a joint venture between China’s Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp and Volkswagen AG. On May 1, 2021, Fred Schulze returned to his role as Plant Manager at the Audi site in Neckarsulm, and since September 1, 2024, he has been a member of the Supervisory Board of AUDI AG.

Member of the Board of Management at AUDI AG Technical Development Rouven Mohr, born in 1979 in Saarbrücken, Germany, studied engineering at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and earned a PhD in Numerical Mechanics. In 2008, he joined the Research and Development Department of AUDI AG as a testing engineer for chassis durability. In 2014, he was appointed Head of Complete Vehicle Project Management for the Audi A3, TT, Q7, and Q8 models. In 2017, Mohr moved to Lamborghini S.p.A., where he assumed overall responsibility for Complete Vehicle Development and oversaw the Aventador, Huracán, and Urus models. He then returned to Audi to lead Energy and Weight Management and, in 2020, was appointed Head of Complete Vehicle Verification and Validation. In January 2022, Mohr became Chief Technical Officer at Lamborghini. In this role, he shaped the brand’s technical strategy and oversaw the hybridization of the model portfolio with vehicles such as the Revuelto and the Temerario. He also served as interim head of motorsport activities, including responsibility for the development of the Lamborghini SC63 for international endurance championships. Since March 1, 2026, Rouven Mohr has been a member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG and serves as Chief Technical Officer (CTO).

Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi México André Richter was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1976. Richter studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Munich, specializing in production engineering and manufacturing technology. After graduating, he joined Audi as an international trainee in 2002. During his early years at AUDI AG, Richter also completed a doctorate at Dresden University of Technology, which he was awarded in 2009. André Richter has extensive international experience, which has already seen him work for Audi in Mexico: during the construction and start-up phase of the plant in San José Chiapa, Richter was Planning Project Manager from 2012 to 2014 and Planning Director from 2014 to 2017. He then became Head of Planning at the Audi plant in Neckarsulm until 2019, and he was Head of Strategic Production Planning at AUDI AG from 2019 to 2023. After that, he was Plant Manager at FAW-VW Tianjin in China. André Richter has been the new Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi México since April 1, 2026.

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