Skoda Auto Chairman Bernhard Maier To Step Down At End Of July.

Bernhard Maier, chairman of Czech carmaker Skoda Auto, part of the Volkswagen Group, will leave his post at the end of July after nearly five years, the company said on Thursday.

Skoda, which did not give a reason for Maier’s departure, said a successor would be elected by the board in August.

The car group is the Czech Republic’s biggest exporter and a bellwether for the economy, which faces a steep drop in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Skoda sold 1.24 million cars in 2019.

Updated by Ayesha Rahman

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