VW Brand PR Chief Quits

Peter Thul has quit as head of Volkswagen AG’s VW brand communications after 11 years with the company, effective Dec. 1.

Thul, 52, joined the group in 2004 as head of global product communications for Audi. He shifted to the same job for VW four years later and added coordination of product communications for the entire VW Group in 2011.

Succeeding Thul is Stefan Ohletz, 54, who has been with the company’s internal communications operations since 1998. He had been serving as managing editor of group communications until his new assignment.