Management

Jörg Astalosch is IAV’s CEO since October 2023.

Jörg began his career at the Volkswagen Group in Wolfsburg in 1988, initially in Procurement and later in staff functions for the Executive Board and Supervisory Board.

From 2004 to 2006, he worked for Audi in the USA and in Ingolstadt, and from 2012 to 2014 as CFO at MAN. From 2015 to 2021, he was CEO of vehicle developer Italdesign in Turin, where he drove forward collaboration with OEMs and new mobility partners. He then supported M&A projects at Audi.

Jörg is a trained electronics technician and graduate engineer (FH). After his vocational training, he studied industrial engineering in Germany and completed an MBA in Spain.

Frauke has joined IAV as a member of the Management Board and Labor Director on June 1, 2025.

Frauke has been with the Volkswagen Group since 2008. She has been responsible for central projects in Group Procurement and was Executive Director for Global Risk and Sustainability Management Purchasing from 2021 to 2023. In her international role as Vice President Purchasing at Volkswagen de México, she helped shape the strategic realignment of procurement before most recently managing special projects in this area in Wolfsburg.

Frauke has a doctorate in law.

Jens became CHRO of IAV in September 2024.

Jens was most recently Executive Vice President for Human Resources and IT at Volkswagen Group China in Beijing.

Prior to that, he held top management positions in Human Resources and Organization in the Volkswagen Group.

Jens studied industrial engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt.