Nicole will be talking to Cornelia Kunze, GWPR International Board member and President of GWPR Deutschland, about the “New Auto” strategy – the transformation of Volkswagen, which happens at a defining moment for the automotive industry as a whole.

She will share insights about the role of communications in a complex multi-stakeholder environment, where conflicting interest, stakeholder scrutiny and challenging geopolitics provide the daily context for the biggest evolution since the company`'s beginnings in 1937.

Nicole joined Volkswagen 18 months ago from Goldman Sachs, where she was head of corporate communications for Goldman Sachs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. She started her career as a journalist at Bloomberg, switched sides to manage the financial communications at Deutsche Post DHL and later worked as a consultant for international clients at Brunswick. She switched sides again to lead global media relations for Merck Group, Darmstadt.