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PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Stephan Winkelmann to join Bugatti as new President
With effect from 1 January 2018, Stephan Winkelmann will be the new President of Bugatti Automo-
biles. He is taking over from Wolfgang Durheimer, who will then have held this position for five years
in total and is retiring at his own request at the end of 2017.
Matthias Muller, Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group, said: "I accept
Wolfgang Durheimer's wish to retire. I sincerely thank him for the outstanding work he has done in
various positions in the Volkswagen Group over 18 years. At Bugatti, he successfully completed the
era of the Veyron and, with the development of the Chiron, he has opened an exciting new chapter
Stephan
Winkelmann for the brand."

Bentley names Adrian Hallmark as new Chairman and CEO
The luxury arm of Volkswagen Group Bentley on Friday announced the appointment of Adrian Hallmark as the new
Chairman and CEO. Hallmark's appointment marks one of four senior leadership changes at Bentley
Motors with new Board Members for Engineering; Sales and Marketing; and People, Digitalization
and IT.
Prior to Bentley, Adrian Hallmark comes from Jaguar Land Rover, where he held the role of Global
Strategy Director. He brings more than 18 years of automotive board level experience from the US,
Europe and Asia with Porsche, Volkswagen, SAAB and Bentley Motors.

During his time at Bentley, he held the role of Board Member for Sales, Marketing, and PR and played Adrian Hallmark
an integral role in the introduction of the sector-defining Continental GT in 2003.

GM India's Hardeep Singh Brar set to join Volkswagen as head of sales

Hardeep Singh Brar is set to return to Volkswagen India as head of sales, filling a critical post that
had been lying vacant for several months.
People aware of the development said Brar, who was head of sales at General Motors India, had his
contract running till March 31 next year but also had the option of exiting by September 30. He will
take up his new role after Diwali, they said.
Brar was not immediately available for comment. An email query to Volkswagen India remained un-
Hardeep Singh answered till as of press time on Tuesday. This will be the second important senior executive induc-
Brar tion at Volkswagen India after Steffen Knapp's entry as brand director in June.

IPS officer Abhay appointed Director General of Narcotics Control
Bureau

Senior IPS officer Abhay was appointed Director General of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), accord-
ing to an official order.He is at present working in Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF).

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved his appointment to the post till Novem-
ber 18, 2019, the order issued by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) said. The post was
lying vacant after R R Bhatnagar took over as DG of CRPF in April this year. Abhay

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