Outstanding performance: Volkswagen celebrates the best apprentices of 2021
50 Volkswagen Group graduates have been presented with the “Best Apprentice” award. The winners come from 42 locations in 19 countries. The best in class from 22 apprenticeship trades, including the job families Industry and Electronics, Commercial Jobs and IT, Logistics, and Automotive Engineering, were celebrated.
"Vocational training is an essential pillar for us to be able to continue our transformation into a software-oriented, sustainable mobility provider.”
HR Director Gunnar Kilian
“In our Group, apprentices are nurtured and given the opportunity to develop. This makes us an attractive employer who trains tomorrow’s professionals themselves to a considerable extent.”
Chairperson of the Works Council Daniela Cavallo
Daniela Cavallo said: “The Volkswagen Group can count itself lucky to have so many extraordinary apprentices in its ranks. As a Works Council, the Best Apprentice Awards show us each year that we need to protect and further consolidate vocational training at Volkswagen. Apprentices in our Group are nurtured and given the opportunity to develop. This makes us an attractive employer who, to a considerable extent, trains tomorrow’s professionals itself, instead of having to look for them on the market.”
Those being honoured:
| Location / Brand | Country | Name |
| AUDI AG Brüssel | Belgium | Hamza Azarkan Louali |
| AUDI AG Ingolstadt | Germany | Sabrina Scharlach |
| AUDI AG Neckarsulm | Germany | Florentin Richter |
| AUDI HUNGARIA | Hungary | Richárd Tamás Schneider |
| AUDI México | Mexico | Diego de MarcoAcosta Nava |
| Automobili Lamborghini | Italy | Valentina Pellegrini |
| Bentley Motors | Great Britain | Sam Smith |
| Porsche AG Leipzig | Germany | Björn Liese |
| Ducati Motor Holding | Italy | Flavio Piyadigamage |
| FAW-Volkswagen | China | Su Sinan |
| MAN Energy Solutions | Germany | Julian Weinalt |
| MAN Energy Solutions | Germany | Michael Rauberger |
| MAN Truck & Bus | Germany | Philipp Kamm |
| MAN Truck & Bus | Germany | Yannic Schweitzer |
| PORSCHE INTER AUTO | Austria | Fabio Kamper |
| SAIC-Volkswagen | China | Ma Xialin |
| Scania AB | Sweden | Vanja Berg |
| Scania AB | Sweden | Robin Korzen |
| SEAT | Spain | Ismael Martínez Pino |
| SITECH Polen | Poland | Jakub Grzegorczyk |
| ŠKODA AUTO | Czechia | Marek Sučík |
| ŠKODA AUTO | Czechia | Pavlína Rohlíčková |
| Volkswagen AG Braunschweig | Germany | Sebastian Schöwe |
| Volkswagen AG Emden | Germany | Oliver Gerdes |
| Volkswagen AG Kassel | Germany | Melissa Sienel |
| Volkswagen AG Salzgitter | Germany | Mads Burgdorf |
| Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg | Germany | Tabea Reuter |
| Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg | Germany | Tim Neumann |
| Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg | Germany | Silas Warnecke |
| Volkswagen AG Wolfsburg | Germany | Svenja Benstem |
| Volkswagen Argentina | Argentina | Paloma Irigoyen Ochoa |
| Volkswagen Automatic Transmission | China | Xing Yu |
| VW FAW Engine (Dalian) | China | Bai Yang |
| Volkswagen de México | Mexico | Denisse Bernal Rodríguez |
| Volkswagen do Brasil | Brazil | Ana Paula dos Santos Silva |
| Volkswagen Financial Services | Germany | Luisa Meyer |
| Volkswagen Group of America | USA | Andrew Adams |
| Volkswagen Group Retail Deutschland | Germany | Maximilian Enke |
| Volkswagen Group Retail Deutschland | Germany | Eva Winkler |
| Volkswagen Group Rus | Russia | Maksim Nikolenko |
| Volkswagen India | India | Amaan Shaikh |
| Volkswagen Motor Polska | Poland | Marcel Róg |
| Volkswagen Navarra | Spain | Enrique Velar Cano |
| Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge | Germany | Luca Warneke |
| Volkswagen of South Africa | South Africa | Zintle Mvana |
| Volkswagen Osnabrück | Germany | Simon Verwold |
| Volkswagen Poznań | Poland | Michał Marciniak |
| Volkswagen Sachsen | Germany | Simon Münzner |
| Volkswagen Group Services | Germany | Nastasja Maria John |
| Volkswagen Slovakia | Slovakia | Matúš Tančibok |