marketing for Volkswagen Group's Audi brand, succeeding Luca de Meo, who has transferred to chief executive of the Skoda business. In the news this past week: Agencies The board of German digital

of Porsche boss Matthias Mueller as the new CEO of Volkswagen Group was the biggest of a number of changes at the embattled group, which is expected to write to car owners within the coming days offering

What a difference a week makes. Last Thursday, Volkswagen Group's CEO Martin Winterkorn was looking forward to at least three more years at the helm of the world's biggest and most respected auto manufacturer.

a reprise of sorts for the boardroom squabbles at Volkswagen involving CEO Martin Winterkorn. Group patriarch Ferdinand Piech resigned as chairman earlier this year after falling out with his fellow directors,

The China slowdown also weighed on Volkswagen Group, but not enough to stop it from overtaking Toyota to seize the #1 spot in global sales for the first half of the year, with shipments of 5.04m vehicles.

while Mini, Lexus and Porsche all topped 30%. Volkswagen continues to lead the region, but its global sales were dented by disappointing performance in Russia, China and Latin America, causing total volumes

previously global creative director for the Volkswagen account at DDB, as global chief creative officer. One of the few DDB executives to survive the merger of DDB London and Adam&Eve, Craigen finally

Volkswagen, Sony, Johnson & Johnson (outside North America & Brazil) and - according to some sources - BMW USA joined the party in just the past week alone. Already in review are Procter & Gamble in

Now Germany's big three auto giants of Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler are reported to be joining forces to take control of the business, in partnership with Chinese search engine Baidu, to avoid it being

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