Volkswagen Group CEO Diess passes leadership of core brand ( FILE ) - Volkswagen ( VW ) CEO Herbert Diess poses as the new Volkswagen Golf VIII car is presented in Wolfsburg , Germany , 24 October 2019 ( reissued 08 June 2020 ) . The Volkswagen group supervisory board on 08 June 2020 announced that group boss Herbert Diess will pass the leadership of the core brand VW to the former co - managing director Ralf Brandstätter . The move is aimed at giving Diess ' more freedom for his tasks as Group CEO , ' the supervisory board says in a statement . EPA / DAVID HECKER *** Local Caption *** 55574844 ▶ 코로나 19 속보 는 네이버 연합뉴스 에서 [ 구독 클릭 ] ▶[ 팩 트 체크 ] 뜨거운 감자 ' 비동 의 간음죄 '▶ 제보 하 기