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`Member of the Board of Management at AUDI AG for
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`Dr. Ulrich Hackenberg was born on May 12, 1950 in Herne (North Rhine- Westphalia).
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`After studying mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University, Ulrich Hackenberg was active as an
` assistant at the Automotive Institute from 1978 until 1985. Among other tasks, he was head of the vehicle
` dynamics research area, developed the motorcycle lecture and gained his doctorate in 1985 on the stability
` behavior of the “driver-motorcycle-road” system.
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`In 1985, Dr. Hackenberg joined AUDI AG, where in 1989 he was put in charge of Concept Defnition and
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` later took over the technical project management of the entire product range.
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`This included the models Audi 80, A3, A4, A6, A8, TT and A2, as well as numerous concept studies and
` show cars, the technical conception of the platform strategy and the development of a simultaneous-
`engineering structure.
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`From 1998 until 2002, Dr. Hackenberg worked for Volkswagen AG, where he was Head of Superstructure
` Development and also assumed responsibility for Concept Development in late 1998.
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`In addition to his tasks at Volkswagen, Dr. Hackenberg was appointed Member of the Board for
` Development at Rolls Royce Bentley Motor Cars Ltd. and restructured the company’s Technical
` Development. From early 1999 until mid-2000, he was responsible for the concepts of the future Bentley
` models as well as the new launches of the Bentley Arnage Red Label, the Rolls-Royce Seraph long
` wheelbase and the Rolls-Royce Corniche.
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`From 2002 until January 2007, Hackenberg moved back to AUDI AG to take charge of the areas of Concept
` Development, Superstructure Development and Electrics/Electronics. During that time, he also developed
` the Modular Longitudinal Matrix.
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`On February 1, 2007, Hackenberg was appointed Member of Volkswagen’s Brand Board for Development.
` Under his leadership, the Transverse Modular Matrix was developed and the Volkswagen brand’s
` involvement in motorsport was restructured.
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`Since July 1, 2013, he has been a member of the Board of Management of AUDI AG with responsibility for
` Audi’s Technical Development. In addition, he is also responsible for the technical development of all the
` Volkswagen Group’s brands.
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