Dr. Herbert Diess is a Chairman-Supervisory Board at Škoda Auto as, a Chairman-Supervisory Board at AUDI AG, a Chairman-Management Board at Volkswagen Group Services GmbH and a Member-Management Board at Volkswagen AG.

He is on the Board of Directors at Porsche Austria GmbH & Co. OG, Porsche Retail GmbH, Porsche Holding GmbH, FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd., SAIC Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd., Infineon Technologies AG, FC Bayern München AG and Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG. Dr. Diess was previously employed as a Director-Long Term & Structural Planning by Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, a General Manager by Robert Bosch Espana SA, and a General Manager-Treto plant by Robert Bosch GmbH.

He received his undergraduate degree from Technische Universität München and a doctorate degree from Technische Universität München.