AUDI AG Board of ManagementUlf Berkenhagen

Board Member for Purchasing

Ulf Berkenhagen was born in Wolfsburg (Lower Saxony) on January 25, 1961.

He joined Volkswagen AG on August 1, 1977, where he trained as an industrial business management assistant.

After holding several administrative posts in Purchasing at Volkswagen AG, he began a part-time degree in business administration at the Academy of Management and Economy Studies in Brunswick in 1986, graduating in 1990.

On February 1, 1991, he assumed a managerial position in the Chemicals Purchasing department at Volkswagen AG. This was followed by further managerial posts within Purchasing over the next few years.

Ulf Berkenhagen was appointed Head of Purchasing at SEAT S.A. on August 1, 1996.

On March 1, 1998, he was made Head of Purchasing for Interior Equipment and Glass for Volkswagen Passenger Cars in Wolfsburg. Subsequent to this, Ulf Berkenhagen was appointed Head of Group Purchasing for Electrics/Electronics on May 1, 2000. In December 2001, he was granted commercial power of attorney. In 2004 and 2005, he assumed an additional management function at Group level as part of the ForMotion cost efficiency program.

Ulf Berkenhagen took over responsibility for Purchasing on the AUDI AG Board of Management with effect from October 1, 2006.