This Wölpern is appointed general manager, Import Vehicles, Ford of Europe, effective January 1, 2021.

Previously, This was Sales Director for Ford of Germany, Austria and Switzerland and from October 2016 until September 2018 Sales Manager for Ford of Germany. Before that he held numerous positions within the German field including Regional Manager for Northern and Eastern Germany, Advertising and in the central and national brand team focusing on large cars and launching the Ford S-MAX in Europe.

He joined Ford in 1999 after working as a Ford dealer in a business founded by his grandfather in 1927.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1967, Wölpern holds a master’s degree in Economic Engineering from the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg. He is married with two daughters.