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Johannes Thammer |
Audi Volkswagen Korea said Monday that it has named Johannes Thammer as the new Korean representative of Volkswagen Group, seller of the Audi, Volkswagen and Bentley brands.
He will also have the role of managing director of Audi Korea, while Park Dong-hoon remains managing director of Volkswagen Korea, said the Korean unit of the German carmaker.
Thammer, born in Germany in 1955, is an automobile expert with more than 30 years of extensive experience ranging from product control to marketing, brand management, sales and after-sales service.
He started his career at Audi AG as a product-control specialist in 1982. He then served in diverse positions, including president of Audi China sales division and sales strategy and project head of Volkswagen Group in recent years.
Trevor Hill, former chief of Audi Korea, was appointed as new managing director of Audi Volkswagen Middle East based in Dubai.
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