Volkswagen ME appoints new managing director
Thomas Milz aims to build on strong sales performance over last year
Volkswagen Middle East has appointed its new regional managing director, Thomas Milz, as it looks to build on a strong sales performance over the past year, it was announced on Wednesday.
Milz has worked for Volkswagen for 20 years and has relocated to the Middle East from the company head office in Wolfsburg. He replaced Stefan Mecha and has worked in Europe and spent eight years at Volkswagen of America.
“I look forward to working with the Volkswagen Middle East team and its dealer partners throughout the region building on the success that has been achieved to-date. Recent sales figures report 24% sales growth between January to September year-to date, with September 2012 being the strongest sales month in the history of Volkswagen Middle East,” he said.
“Volkswagen Middle East has achieved great success over the last 12 months and I look forward to building on this achievement and driving Volkswagen forward to achieve its aim of being the number one volume car manufacturer in the world by 2018,” Milz added.