德国时间10月14日，斯柯达汽车官方网站正式发布声明：范安德博士从大众集团离职。
在这份官方离职声明中，新任大众集团CEO穆勒正式发表回应，称“尊重范安德教授的决定”。这意味着范安德将确定离开他效力25年之久的大众集团，而刚刚经历整合的大众北美区域（涵盖美国、加拿大及墨西哥市场），将不得不面临主帅离任的窘境。
以下为斯柯达汽车官网声明：
姆拉达-博莱斯拉夫，10月14日，2015年
在大众集团度过25年成功职业生涯后，现任斯柯达主席范安德博士自己要求离职。范安德博士也将不去履任北美区域负责人一职。对于新区域组织架构的意见分歧直接导致了这一决定，此决定与目前柴油发动机事件并无关联。
范安德博士于1990年开始其在大众集团的工作。在德国本土及海外担任数个关键职务后，他于2005年担任大众中国的总裁兼CEO，并为大众在华的成就做出卓越贡献。他于2010年被任命为斯柯达董事会主席。在他的领导下，斯柯达取得品牌历史上最大幅度增长，并成为一个可持续发展的国际性高价值品牌。
大众集团CEO马蒂亚斯·穆勒强调：“在过去的25年间，范安德教授为公司做出巨大贡献。我们尊重他的决定，并感谢他非凡的表现。”
Mladá Boleslav, 14 October 2015 – After 25 years of successful work in Volkswagen Group, most recently as Chairman of ?KODA, Prof. Dr. Winfried Vahland is leaving the company at his own request. Prof. Vahland will therefore not be taking up the position of overall responsibility for the North American Region (NAR). Differing views on the organisation of the new Group region have led to this decision; this decision is expressly not related to current events on the issue of diesel engines.
Prof. Vahland began his work in Volkswagen Group in 1990. After holding several key positions at home and abroad, he took over Group responsibility as President and CEO of Volkswagen in China in 2005 and contributed significantly to the successful new direction of Volkswagen in China. He was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management of ?KODA in 2010. Under his leadership, ?KODA implemented the largest growth and model campaign in the brand’s history and positioned ?KODA sustainably as a successful international high-volume brand.
The CEO of Volkswagen Group, Matthias Müller emphasised: “In the last 25 years, Prof. Vahland made a great contribution to the company. We respect his decision and thank him for his exceptional performance.”
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