Dr. Stephan Wöllenstein has been CEO of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars Brand China since August 2016. He is also Executive Vice President at Volkswagen Group China.
Wöllenstein has been with Volkswagen since 1995 and has extensive experience across sales, marketing as well as product management. His working life includes in total 10 years in China. He has fulfilled leading positions in both Volkswagen’s Chinese joint ventures, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN and FAW-VW.
Wöllenstein holds a degree in economics and business administration and obtained a doctorate in marketing.
The goetzpartners Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship is one of the endowment chairs at CDHK (Sino German School for Postgraduate Studies), Tongji University. The work of the chair comprises research, education and industry collaboration in the fields of innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship. Tongji University is one of the oldest and most prestigious comprehensive universities in China established in 1907 by the German government together with German physicians. Tongji University is especially renowned for its engineering, business and architecture programs.
Ms. Bettina Schön-Behanzin is the Chairwoman of the German Chamber of China - Shanghai and the Regional Representative Asia of the Freudenberg Group. She entered Freudenberg Group in October 2012 and leads the Freudenberg Corporate Centre Asia, based in Shanghai, PR China.
Bettina Schön-Behanzin has 20 years of working experience in Asia leading operational business as well acting in corporate functions. From May 2001 to April 2008 she served as the Board Member of the German Chamber Shanghai, being Vice President from July 2005. Starting in March 2007 she implemented in cooperation with the German Chamber of Commerce (AHK) in Shanghai the “Vocational Education System” for skilled workers and was a member of the “China Education Board”.