Hildegard Wortmann
Wortmann (left) with Bram Schot at the IAA 2019
Born	(1966-09-27) 27 September 1966 (age 57) Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Occupation	Business executive

Hildegard Wortmann (born 27 September 1966) is a German business executive. Appointed to the Board of Management of Audi on 1 July 2019, where she is responsible for marketing and sales, she was the first female member of that body. ^[1]

Early life and education

Wortmann, who graduated from high school in 1985, is a state-certified foreign language correspondent and studied business administration at FH Münster until 1989 ^[2] and later supplemented her studies with a Master of Business Administration at the University of London.

Career

Wortmann started her career at Unilever in 1990 ^[3] There, she worked in various positions, including product and brand manager, and later as marketing director for Calvin Klein. ^[4]

In October 1998, Wortmann switched to BMW. ^[4] There, she worked in various roles. She was involved in the relaunch of the Mini brand, was responsible for product management of the BMW X and BMW Z models and was entrusted with building up the electric vehicle sub-brand BMW i. Until 2016, she was responsible for the management of the BMW brand. ^[5] From the beginning of 2018 to mid-2019, she headed the " Asia-Pacific" sales region of BMW AG before she was appointed to the Board of Management for Marketing and Sales at Audi AG as the successor of Bram Schot. ^[6]

Other activities

• Ferrovial, Independent Member of the Board of Directors (since 2021) ^[7]

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