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Wolfsburg (dpa) - The VW supervisory board has expressed its "support" after the recent management dispute, but did not decide on an allegedly requested early contract extension.
The chief executive enjoyed the trust of the inspectors, and they wanted to continue working with him, it said on Monday evening after a special meeting of the body.
“In the coming years, the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG will implement the strategy with Herbert Diess at the helm,” declared the supervisors.
However, they did not comment on a specific follow-up contract for the manager beyond the previous expiration date in April 2023.
This is said to have linked the appointment of three new board members with his own future at VW.
The inspectors have now accepted some suggestions.
The current Audi CFO Arno Antlitz is to be the successor to CFO Frank Witter.
Murat Aksel will be the head of corporate purchasing.
Thomas Schmall is to be responsible for the group’s own supplier division, which is called internally “components”.
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As for Diess himself, it was said: "The chairman of the board and his new board team have the full support of the supervisory board when it comes to realigning electromobility and digitalization, but also to increasing efficiency and profitability in all brands and parts of the group."
For the conversion of the group to more electric drives and software, as well as in the dispute over the filling of high positions, the CEO had insisted that the question should be tackled now.
According to reports, Diess had thus also demanded a strong commitment to his course, because he saw himself being thwarted by the employees when making important decisions.
In the case of some of the supervisors, however, he is said to have conjured up their displeasure with the vote of confidence, which is why it almost turned into a test.