He began his career in 1991 as a Junior Partner with System Management, a consultancy company. In 1994, Wilfried joined the consulting arm of the Lufthansa Group and became Senior Consultant in 1996 where he ran projects for major Chinese and other international airlines in the fields of human resources, organization development and service quality management. In 1998 Wilfried moved to Volkswagen Coaching in Wolfsburg, where he later became a member of the management board. He was crucial for setting up Management Development Programs for the Volkswagen Group companies and the implementation of the Volkswagen Group Automobile University (AutoUni). Thereafter he was named Vice President Group HR Top Management for the Volkswagen Group in 2006. From 2011 he was appointed Board Member HR at Volkswagen Slovakia a.s. in Bratislava. During his time the company was expanded and enlarged through start of production of the Volkswagen Group New Small Family (NSF).
