04.12.2000 – 10:00

Dr. Jochem Heizmann recommended as new Board Member for Production

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The presiding committee of the Supervisory
Council of AUDI AG has unanimously recommended to the Supervisory
Council that Dr. Jochem Heizmann (48) should be appointed as the new
Board Member for Production at AUDI AG at the next regular meeting on
20 December. Heizmann is currently Technical Director and Management
Spokesman at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH and Volkswagen Sachsen
Immobilienverwaltungs GmbH in Mosel.

Heizmann was born in Speyer/Rhine in 1952. He studied Industrial
Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH) and received his
doctorate there in 1980. After entering the automotive industry at
Audi NSU Auto-Union AG in Ingolstadt, AUDI AG's predecessor, in 1982,
Heizmann took on a number of managerial functions, such as manager of
the main technical development department and later of the main
assembly department (production). In 1991 Heizmann moved to
Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg where he was initially in charge of
Central Planning for Assembly Manufacturing. In 1993 he was appointed
Head of Production Planning of the Volkswagen brand. Heizmann has
held his current position since 1 January 2000.

Dr. Jochem Heizmann is married and has two children.

Communication Corporate and Finance
Joachim Cordshagen, Tel.: ++49 841 89 36340
e-mail:  joachim.cordshagen@audi.de
Jürgen De Graeve, Tel.: ++49 841 89 34084
e-mail:  juergen.degraeve@audi.de

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