Gernot Doellner is New Audi CEO-Elect

Audi are to replace CEO Markus Duesmann with Volkswagen Group strategy chief Gernot Doellner, effective 1 September of this year. Duesman’s tenure as CEO was looking wobbly after a number of moves perceived as mishaps, as well as slower-than-desired progress on innovation versus competitors like BMW and Mercedes-Benz. In a statement, Audi called Doellner “the…

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Hector Fratty, DrivingVisionNews President and Founder has been for his entire career in automotive lighting. From 1995 to 2006, he was Valeo Lighting Systems’ chief of R&D, managing a staff of 650 engineers and technicians and a budget of over €70m. He holds 20 patents worldwide. In 2008, after 2 years’ consultancy, he initiated the launch of Driving Vision News, a news pipeline dedicated to keeping the lighting and driver assistance community informed of the latest progress and development in the industry. Hector Fratty presides over the highly‐regarded biennial VISION Congress international automotive lighting and driver assistance symposium. Hector Fratty is also a member of the ISAL steering committees.