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Herbert Deiss – one of the world's best CEOs at Volkswagen In October 1958, Herbert Diess was born in Munich. At the city’s University of Applied Sciences, Diess studied vehicle technology in 1977and later took on mechanical engineering at Munich Technical University, where he graduated in 1983.
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r. Herbert Diess went on to work as a scientific assistant at the Institute for Tool Machines and Plant Management of the university which he had just graduated from. In 1987, he secured a doctorate in the field of assembly automation. He then worked at the Assembly Automation Department of the Institute for Tool Machines and Plant Management. Diess moved to Spain in 1990 and was appointed Technical Director, Planning and Maintenance, of the Robert Bosch plant in Treto, where he later became General Manager.
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Working in the UK with BMW In 1996, Dr. Herbert Diess joined BMW AG in his beloved Munich as Director, LongTerm and Structural Planning and later he worked in the Engineering and Technology Division. At BMW’s Birmingham plant in the UK, Diess took on the role of Director. He worked around the country, moving later to Oxford and was also appointed Director of BMW Motorcycles. Volkswagen AG By 2015, Diess felt like a change and moved to Volkswagen AG. In his first role, he was appointed to the Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG as Member of the Board of Management and
