Volkswagen of America President and CEO Pablo Di Si will take on the role of chairman of the company's Mexican supervisory board, and Andrew Savvas, Chief Sales & Marketing Officer at Volkswagen of America, will become chairman of its Canadian supervisory board.

Both appointments take effect immediately, in a region Antlitz describes as "a cornerstone of the group's strategy."

(Reporting by Emma-Victoria Farr, editing by Grant McCool)