Å kodaAuto ANNUAL REPORT 2006 - Skoda Auto

Dipl.-Ökonom Fred Kappler (*1958)
Member of the Board of Directors
since 1 January 2004
Graduate of business sciences studies at
the Braunschweig Technical University and
the University of Hannover. Joined
Volkswagen in 1982. In 1993–94 he was
Regional Manager for the Benelux
Countries, the United Kingdom, and
Ireland. In 1995–97 he served as Head of
Sales in North-western Europe. He became
First Vice President of FAW/VW in China in
1997. From June 2000 he was the Company’s
Head of Sales for Germany. Since January
2004 he has been a Member of the Board
of Directors of Škoda Auto with
responsibility for Sales and Marketing.
Ing. Martin Jahn (*1970)
Member of the Board of Directors
since 23 February 2006
A graduate of the University of Economics,
Prague (major in foreign trade) and the
DePaul University in Chicago (major in
marketing and communications). In
1994–2004 he worked at CzechInvest, an
agency of the Czech Government, as
director of its U.S. Representation Office
from 1996 and from 1999 as the agency’s
Director General. In August 2004 he was
named Vice Chairman of the Government
of the Czech Republic for the Economy. He
is currently a member of the Board of
Trustees of the University of Economics,
Prague, as well as a member of the
Research and Development Council, which
is a specialised advisory body to the
Government of the Czech Republic. The
President of the French Republic made him
a member of the Ordre National du Mérit.
Since February 2006 he has been with
Škoda Auto as the Member of the Board of
Directors for Human Resources.
Dr.-Ing. Harald Ludanek (*1958)
Member of the Board of Directors
since 1 April 2005
A graduate of the University of Public
Administration and Economics in
Sigmaringen, major in customs issues
(1979–80), and the Clausthal Technical
University, major in mechanical
engineering (1986). Upon completing his
studies he worked as a researcher in the
Department of Applied Mechanics and
Vibration of the Institute of Technical
Mechanics, Clausthal Technical University,
under Prof. Dr. D. Behr, where in 1990 he
received a doctorate in mechanics and
vibration. In 1989–91 he served on the
Academic Board of the Institute of
Technical Mechanics at Clausthal Technical
University. In 1992 he joined the Group
research department of Volkswagen, where
he worked in departments focused on
special drive and gearbox systems. In 1996
he transferred to Volkswagen Technical
Development, where he served in the
Whole Vehicle Development area until
1997. In 1997–2000 he was a Technical
Development assistant to the member of
the Board of Directors and from 2000 he
took over management of the Volkswagen
Group Development function, a position
he held until 2002. Dr. Ludanek joined
Škoda Auto Technical Development in
2002 as Head of Development and
effective 2005 he was appointed the
Member of the Board of Directors
responsible for Technical Development.
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