Porsche AG appoints Oliver Blume as its new CEO

The supervisory board of Porsche AG has appointed Oliver Blume to take over as CEO of Porsche after Matthias M¼ller, who is now CEO of Volkswagen. Blume has been a member of the Porsche executive board since 2013 and has been handling production and logistics for the company.

Porsche has also appointed Detlev von Platen as a member of the executive board for sales and marketing. Von Platen was the head of Porsche Cars in North America for a little over seven years. Bernhard Maier, his predecessor, has been reassigned to the Czech Republic where he will take over as chairman of the board of management of Skoda.

Lutz Meschke, who was the executive board member for finance, has now been appointed as the deputy chairman of the executive board of Porsche. He will replace Thomas Edig, who leaves the company to take up a position as board member for human resources at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

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Dr Wolfgang Porsche, the chairman of Porsche’s supervisory board was happy that their new member of the executive board and new chairman of the board “come from within the company.” He also added, “We have found the best possible successor for Matthias M¼ller considering his (Oliver Blume’s) exceptionally high professional competence and pronounced teamwork skills.”

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