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Arno Antlitz

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COO of Volkswagen Group at Volkswagen AG
📍 Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany

Arno Antlitz is the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Volkswagen Group, steering the companys historic transformation towards electric vehicles and software. His expertise lies in financial strategy, organizational optimization, and cost management. He holds a Ph. D. from WHU and studied Industrial Engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt.

Originally from a small village in Lower Franconia, he developed an early fascination with technology and business, working at a local garage during summer holidays. As a young man, he played football and was a youth champion at a local gun club. He is described as dependable and sociable.

Unique fact: During his university years, he worked on a project to optimize radio broadcasting in South Africa.

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Experience
26 Years
Current Role
COO of Volkswagen Group
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony, Germany
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Automotive Transformation
As CFO and COO, he is at the center of financially steering Volkswagen's shift from combustion engines to electric vehicles and software-defined cars.
Cost Optimization
His background includes a focus on cost and organizational optimization, a key priority as he implements significant cost-saving measures across the Volkswagen Group.
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Career

Work history

9-2022
COO of Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen AG
4-2021
CFO of Volkswagen Group
Volkswagen AG
4-2021
Chairman of Supervisory Board Volkswagen Financial Services
Volkswagen Financial Services
3-2020 - 3-2021
CFO Audi Aktiengesellschaft
AUDI AG
1-2010 - 2-2020
Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management for Controlling and Accounting
Volkswagen Passenger Cars
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Education
Industrial Engineering
Technische Universität Darmstadt
Doktor (Ph.D.)
WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
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