Volkswagen chairman to seek re-election

Poetsch, 70, became chairman of the supervisory board in 2015, weeks after the start of the diesel emissions scandal

BERLIN: Volkswagen chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch will seek re-election at a coming AGM, according to the carmaker.

Poetsch, 70, became chairman of the supervisory board in 2015, weeks after the start of the diesel emissions scandal – in which Volkswagen in 2015 acknowledged using illegal software to rig diesel engine tests in the United States – and was instrumental in averting a leadership crisis at Europe’s largest carmaker late last year.