Volkswagen India brings in new Managing Director

Having completed two years as the President & Managing Director of Volkswagen India, Mahesh Kodumudi is now taking on other responsibilities in the German car manufacturing company and will be succeeded by Dr. Andreas Lauermann next month. 

Kodumudi has led Volkswagen India Private Limited since March 2013 and within a year also became Chief Representative of Volkswagen Group India. After completing the handing over, Kodumudi is said to be heading to America to take over a responsible position with Volkswagen Group of America.

Come 1st July, Dr. Andreas Lauermann will take over the responsibility by being appointed as the new President & Managing Director of Volkswagen India. Dr. Andreas Lauermann (53) holds a doctorate degree from the University of Passau and Technical University Munich. He started his career with TCW Tranfer-Centrum for Production Logistics and Technology Management in Munich before joining Volkswagen AG in 1997.

After holding lead positions in Industrial Engineering with Volkswagen, Wolfsburg; Autoeuropa, Portugal and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Hannover, Dr. Lauermann moved to Volkswagen Argentina in Pacheco in 2007 as General Manager of the RPU Division. In 2010 he took over the lead of Central Industrial Engineering and Optimization of Indirect Areas of the Volkswagen Group and in 2012, he took charge as the Head of Central Planning for FAW-VW in China. He returned to Volkswagen, Wolfsburg at the beginning of 2015 in the Area of Central Group Production Strategy and Planning.