AUDI AG Board of ManagementUlf Berkenhagen

Ulf Berkenhagen is Member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG with responsibility for Purchasing.

Board Member for Purchasing

Ulf Berkenhagen was born in Wolfsburg on 25 January 1961.

He joined Volkswagen AG on 1 August 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 1 February 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 1 August 1996.

On 1 March 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 1 May 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 programme.

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