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New chairman and CEO appointed for Bentley

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Dr Wolfgang Shreiber: new boss at Bentley

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4 June 2012

 

Dr Wolfgang Shreiber
Dr Wolfgang Shreiber: new boss at Bentley

Author: MATT MORTON

Bentley Motors has a new chairman and chief executive.

Dr Wolfgang Schreiber (54) leaves his current position as CEO of Volkswagen  Commercial Vehicles to  take  up his new position at Crewe, home of Bentley.

Announced today (June 04) Dr Schreiber will start on September 1, 2012 and succeeds Wolfgang Dürheimer (53) who, as part of an extensive structural and management realignment within the Volkswagen Group, moves to become the member of the Board of Management for Technical Development at Audi AG.

Dr Wolfgang Schreiber, an engineering graduate, joined the Volkswagen Group in 1984. He was made head of transmission and drivetrain development at the Volkswagen brand in 1996. His responsibility during that time included the development of transmission and drivetrain components for the Bentley Continental GT and Arnage.

He moved to Bugatti Engineering in 2003 to take up the post of Technical Director and later Managing Director of the supersports car company over the next eight years. Schreiber has been the member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles responsible for development since September 2006 and additionally was made Speaker for the Board of Management in February 2010.

Speaking about the appointment, the Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG, Professor Dr Martin Winterkorn said:

“Dr Schreiber and Mr Dürheimer have one important thing in common: they are both thoroughbred engineers and represent the technical expertise of Volkswagen Group. This is why I am absolutely certain that Dr Schreiber is the right man to continue the successful strategy at Bentley.”

Speaking about his new role, Dr Schreiber commented: “I am looking forward to working with the whole Bentley team to implement and further develop the successful growth strategy. The Continental GT, the Flying Spur and the Mulsanne are unique British luxury cars that appeal to an increasing number of customers around the world. We will work hard to bring the Bentley SUV from concept stage into series production and thus establish a third successful model line for the company.”

During his tenure at Bentley since February 2011, Mr Dürheimer has seen the company set a new world ice speed record of 331 km/h (205mph) and has overseen the introduction of the new Bentley Continental GT model line with the coupe and convertible and V8 generation, as well as the development of the SUV concept which had its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show earlier this year.

The EXP 9 F concept was initiated and pushed forward under Dürheimer’s brief, giving a clear message that Bentley aims to enter new territory by building the pinnacle luxury performance SUV.

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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