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Below are the senior executives directly involved in the running of the company<ref>https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/executive-bodies-15790</ref>.
Below are the senior executives directly involved in the running of the company<ref name=":0">https://www.volkswagen-group.com/en/executive-bodies-15790</ref>.


=== 1. Oliver Blume ===
=== 1. Oliver Blume ===
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=== 2. CFO, Dr. Arno Antlitz ===
=== 2. CFO, Dr. Arno Antlitz ===
=== Positions ===
* Antlitz became CFO of Volkswagen AG in April 2021<ref name=":1">https://www.volkswagen-newsroom.com/en/press-releases/dr-arno-antlitz-succeeds-frank-witter-as-group-cfo-from-april-1-2021-6839</ref>.
* Antlitz is also the groups Chief Operating Officer (COO), a position he has held since September 1, 2022<ref name=":0" />.
* Until his appointment as Volkswagen Group CFO, he was Audi CFO from March 2020<ref name=":0" />.
* From January 2010 to March 2020, he was a member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management for Controlling and Accounting<ref name=":0" />.
* He  joined Volkswagen AG in 2004<ref name=":0" />.
=== His predecessor ===
* Antlitz replaced Frank Witter who retired from the company<ref name=":1" />.
* According to people familiar with the matter, Witter refused to have his contract extened which expired on October 2020, extended<ref name=":2">https://www.wsj.com/articles/volkswagen-cfo-frank-witter-to-step-down-in-june-2021-sources-say-11582207948</ref>.
* Witter only allowed the company to extend the contract for 9 months as it seeks to find his successor<ref name=":2" />.
* Witter had been the Group's CFO since October 2015<ref name=":2" />.
* Witter was credited for bringing stability to the Group's balance sheet after a fine of $30 billion was imposed on the company following the diesel-gate scandal<ref name=":2" />.
=== Achievements ===
=== Education ===
* Antlitz has a mechanical engineering degree from Technical University Darmstadt
* He also has a doctorate in political science from the Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU)<ref name=":0" />.


=== 3. Ralf Brandstätter, Member of the board of Volkswagen AG for China ===
=== 3. Ralf Brandstätter, Member of the board of Volkswagen AG for China ===