Gleiss Lutz advises supervisory boards on change of CEO at Porsche and extension of appointment of Volkswagen CEO

The Supervisory Board of Porsche AG has appointed Dr. Michael Leiters as CEO of Porsche AG, effective as of 1 January 2026. Dr. Oliver Blume, who has led Porsche AG as CEO for ten years, will continue to serve as CEO of Volkswagen Group. His service agreement with Volkswagen AG has been extended until the end of 2030.

For more information, see the press releases published by Porsche AG and Volkswagen AG: 

Dr Michael Leiters will become CEO of Porsche AG on 1 January 2026 – Porsche Newsroom GERMANY 

Volkswagen AG’s Supervisory Boad appoints Oliver Blume as CEO until the end of 2030 | Volkswagen Group

Florian Leissle and Julia Schumann (both from the Office of the Supervisory Board) handled the matter at Porsche.

The following Gleiss Lutz team led by Dr. Adrian Bingel (partner, Corporate, focus: Porsche), Prof. Dr. Michael Arnold (partner, Corporate, focus: Volkswagen) and Prof. Dr. Christian Arnold (partner, Employment) advised the supervisory boards of Porsche and Volkswagen:

Dr. Matthias Gärtner (counsel, Düsseldorf), Dr. Markus Martin (counsel), Dr. Aileen Halbedel, Hannah Walter, Anton Rettenmayr (all Corporate), Dr. Ricarda Zeh, Dr. Michael Roll, Svenja Sulzberger (all Stuttgart), Eva Schiebsdat (Munich, all Employment).