Bram Schot

Non-executive Deputy Chairman

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Dutch, born 1961

 

Mr Schot was appointed to the Board as a Non-executive Director in 2023 and serves as Deputy Chairman since September 2024.

He is a graduate of Bradford University with a Master of Business Administration (General Management).

Mr Schot brings more than 30 years of experience in the premium automotive industry with various management positions including at DaimlerChrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Group and Audi across different countries. From 2006 to 2011, he was President & CEO of Daimler/Mercedes-Benz Italia & Holding S.p.A, having held several Director and senior leadership roles within Mercedes‑Benz in the Netherlands since joining the company in 1987. Between 2011 and 2012, Mr Schot joined the Volkswagen’s Global Marketing, Sales & Services Group in Germany as Senior Vice President. Following that, he was appointed as a member of the Management Board of Volkswagen CV as Chief Commercial Officer until 2016. In 2017 he joined the Board of Audi AG, was appointed interim CEO in 2018 and in 2019 CEO of the Board of Management of Audi AG, which includes Ducati, Lamborghini and Italdesign Giugiaro as well as the Audi brand. He also became a member of the Management Board of Volkswagen Group and Vice Chair of Porsche Holding Salzburg. At Audi, Bram initiated the transition to electrification, thereby gaining a deep understanding of sustainability issues and the challenges associated with an energy transition. Furthermore, he positioned and streamlined Audi from an efficiency standpoint to be ready for its future tasks.

Mr Schot is currently a Non-executive Director of Shell PLC and a member of the Safety, Environmental and Sustainability Committee, the Remuneration Committee and the Innovation Council since 2020. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of Signify N.V. and a member of its Audit and Digital Transformation Committees since 2022. Mr Schot is also a Non-executive Director of Cognizant since May 2023 and he is a member the Finance and Strategy Committee and Governance and Sustainability Committee. He is a senior advisor to the Carlyle Group since 2020, Global Cleantec Capital since 2021 and ADS-Tec Holding since 2021. He is a Professor (of Practice) in Strategic Management & Leadership at Bocconi University, Italy, and Chairman of the Future Mobility Lab MobiUS.