Volkswagen CEO Oliver Blume will join the supervisory board of VfL Wolfsburg on January 1st. The Bundesliga soccer team announced this.
VfL Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH is 100 percent owned by the automobile company. The Bundesliga club’s supervisory board has always been dominated by leading VW managers. However, the fact that the CEO of Volkswagen AG is a member of this committee is a novelty.
“This is a significant step that further strengthens the close connection between the group and the club – a great signal,” said Sebastian Rudolph. The chairman of the VfL supervisory board is head of corporate communications at Volkswagen in his main job.
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The 57-year-old Blume says he is happy “to be part of the green and white family. VfL is closely linked to Volkswagen, the city of Wolfsburg and the region. The club makes an important contribution to the location – sportingly, socially and in promoting young talent,” he said.
Wolfsburg are currently only in 15th place in the Bundesliga. Given the club’s sporting crisis, the supervisory board is currently busy looking for a new sports director to replace Sebastian Schindzielorz, who has been released. After the failed commitment of the preferred candidate Andreas Schicker from 1899 Hoffenheim, the sports director Marcus Mann from Hannover 96 has now also canceled VfL, according to information from “Kicker”.