Murat Aksel

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Mr. Murat Aksel serves as Chief Purchasing Officer at Traton. He served as the Group Chief Purchasing Officer & Member of the Management Board at Volkswagen. As Group Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO), he holds overall responsibility for the purchase of materials and the provision of services at all Group sites in over 70 countries worldwide for all regions, brands and companies of Volkswagen AG. In addition to serving as a member of the Group Board of Management, he has also been a member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for the Purchasing Division since July 1, 2020. Furthermore, the governing body of ŠKODA AUTO a.s appointed Aksel as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the volume brand effective May 1, 2021. Following his graduation from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, he began his career in 1998 in the purchasing department of Opel in Rüsselsheim. In 2001, he assumed responsible functions in supply chain management at General Motors and Fiat in Turin, and at General Motors in Shanghai in 2008. In 2009, the BMW Group appointed him as Head of Purchasing and Supplier Network Body and Equipment. In this function, he was also responsible for site management of the BMW Group Landshut component plant from 2011 to 2012. In 2015, he was appointed as Process Chain Manager for Vehicle Dynamics and Integration at the BMW Group. In 2017, he was named Senior Vice President of Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas with responsibility for the BMW Group's purchasing and the supplier network for the American continent.