Audi Canada appoints new President: Giorgio Delucchi

• Starts January 8^th, 2018
• Joined AUDI AG in 2001
• Most recently the Sales Director for Latin America

AJAX, ON, Dec. 5, 2017 /CNW/ - Giorgio Delucchi will be joining Audi Canada as President on January 8^th, 2018 succeeding Daniel Weissland who has been promoted to Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Canada. Delucchi is presently the Sales Director for Latin America and based in Ingolstadt, Germany.

Delucchi is an Austrian national who holds an Engineering degree from the University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany. He has held increasingly progressive roles in service, after sales and sales for AUDI AG. Presently he has been serving as the Sales Director for Latin America since June 2014.  He has been accountable for the overall performance of 30 markets in Central and South America, as well as the Caribbean and Mexico. In his second year, Audi Latin America achieved a 15% sales growth reaching the premium #1 position in the region with respect to Sales as well as Customer and Dealer Satisfaction for the first time ever.

The Audi Group, with its brands Audi, Ducati and Lamborghini, is one of the most successful manufacturers of automobiles and motorcycles in the premium segment. It is present in more than 100 markets worldwide and produces at 16 locations in 12 countries. 100 percent subsidiaries of AUDI AG include Audi Sport GmbH (Neckarsulm), Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A. (Sant'Agata Bolognese, Italy) and Ducati Motor Holding S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy).

In 2016, the Audi Group delivered to customers about 1.868 million automobiles of the Audi brand, 3,457 sports cars of the Lamborghini brand and 55,451 motorcycles of the Ducati brand. In the 2016 fiscal year, AUDI AG achieved total revenue of €59.3 billion and an operating profit of €3.1 billion. At present, approximately 88,000 people work for the company all over the world, more than 60,000 of them in Germany. Audi focuses on sustainable products and technologies for the future of mobility.

SOURCE Audi Canada