Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA) this month welcomed a new production director at its Kariega plant in the Eastern Cape.
Marc Stephan succeeds Ulrich Schwabe, who led Polo and Polo Vivo production at Kariega from April 2021 to July this year.
Stephan joins the company from the Volkswagen plant in Zwickau, Germany, where he served as production head.
In this role, he led the plant’s transformation in becoming Volkswagen first fully electric vehicle manufacturing facility, producing models such as the Volkswagen ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5, Audi Q4 e-tron and Cupra Born.
During his career, Stephan has held various positions in Volkwagen’s operations in Wolfsburg, Chattanooga and Pamplona.
