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Curriculum vitae: Murat Aksel

Murat Aksel

Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Brand, responsible for Procurement
Chief Purchasing Officer Volkswagen Group, Member of the Extended Executive Committee

As Group Chief Purchasing Officer (CPO), Murat Aksel holds overall responsibility in the Volkswagen Group since January 1, 2021 for the purchase of materials and the provision of services. In the Extended Executive Board created in September 2022, Murat Aksel, together with his team, will continue to manage the procurement organisations of the brands and regions and ensure that they are strategically set up to meet the challenges of the future - 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, Murat Aksel has also been the member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for the Purchasing Division since July 1, 2020. Furthermore, Murat Aksel is a member of the Supervisory Board of the volume brand ŠKODA AUTO a.s. and has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board of VfL Wolfsburg Fußball GmbH since 1 July 2022.

Murat Aksel was born in Turkey in 1972. The industrial engineering graduate is married and has two sons.

Murat Aksel can look back on 25 years of international experience in supply chain management in the volume, premium and commercial vehicle segments of the automotive industry.

Following his graduation from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern, Murat Aksel 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 Murat Aksel 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, Murat Aksel was appointed as Process Chain Manager for Vehicle Dynamics and Integration at the BMW Group.

In 2017, he was named Senior Vice President Purchasing and Supplier Network Americas with responsibility for the BMW Group’s purchasing and the supplier network for the American continent.

Curriculum vitae Murat Aksel
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The specified fuel consumption and emission data have been determined according to the measurement procedures prescribed by law. Since 1st September 2017, certain new vehicles are already being type-approved according to the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), a more realistic test procedure for measuring fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. Starting on September 1st 2018, the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) will be replaced by the WLTP in stages. Owing to the more realistic test conditions, the fuel consumption and CO2 emissions measured according to the WLTP will, in many cases, be higher than those measured according to the NEDC. For further information on the differences between the WLTP and NEDC, please visit www.volkswagen.de/wltp.

We are currently still required by law to state the NEDC figures. In the case of new vehicles which have been type-approved according to the WLTP, the NEDC figures are derived from the WLTP data. It is possible to specify the WLTP figures voluntarily in addition until such time as this is required by law. In cases where the NEDC figures are specified as value ranges, these do not refer to a particular individual vehicle and do not constitute part of the sales offering. They are intended exclusively as a means of comparison between different vehicle types. Additional equipment and accessories (e.g. add-on parts, different tyre formats, etc.) may change the relevant vehicle parameters, such as weight, rolling resistance and aerodynamics, and, in conjunction with weather and traffic conditions and individual driving style, may affect fuel consumption, electrical power consumption, CO2 emissions and the performance figures for the vehicle.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures and the official specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide on the fuel economy, CO2 emissions and power consumption of new passenger car models”, which is available free of charge at all sales dealerships and from DAT Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH, Hellmuth-Hirth-Str. 1, D-73760 Ostfildern, Germany and at www.dat.de.