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Title: Member of the Board of Management for Procurement

Company: Volkswagen Group Industry: Automotive

Karsten has been a Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand responsible for Procurement and Member of the Extended Executive Committee for Group Procurement since November 2025, overseeing procurement organisations across all Volkswagen Group brands and regions. Karsten joined Volkswagen in 1996, holding various procurement and project management roles before becoming Regional Head of

Procurement at Volkswagen Group Italy and later Head of Group Procurement Global Series Coordination, where he led global standardisation of procurement processes and played a key role in strategic crisis management during events including the Fukushima incident and the semiconductor crisis. From 2018 to 2020, Karsten served as Executive Vice President of Volkswagen Group China. Since July 2020, he has also been Member of the Board of Management for Procurement at Škoda Auto, and since 2022 has led Volkswagen’ s Semiconductor Strategy.

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