BENTLEY ANNOUNCES LUC DONCKERWOLKE
AS NEW DIRECTOR OF DESIGN
(Crewe, 13 September
2012). Bentley Motors today announces Luc Donckerwolke
as its new Director of Design. Mr
Donckerwolke succeeds Dirk van Braeckel who moves to Volkswagen Group design directed
by Walter de Silva.
Mr
Donckerwolke joins Bentley from his role as Head of Advanced Design for Volkswagen Group. He began his career as an exterior designer at Audi in 1992 and has
subsequently worked for a range of other Volkswagen group brands including
Lamborghini, SEAT and Skoda. His work at
Lamborghini includes the award-winning designs of the Murcielago and Gallardo.
Luc Donckerwolke studied industrial
engineering and transportation design and joined the Volkswagen Group in 1992.
He began as an exterior designer at Audi before moving to Škoda in 1994 to take
charge of coordinating exterior design. Donckerwolke returned to Audi in 1996 to head the exterior design department at the Munich design studio,
subsequently becoming studio director in Ingolstadt. In 1998 he joined the
Group's Lamborghini brand as design project manager and was appointed Head of
Design at Lamborghini in 2003. He became Director of Design at SEAT in 2005.
Walter
de Silva said: “Luc
Donckerwolke brings a wealth of design talent to Bentley. His extensive experience makes him the ideal
person to take forward Bentley’s future design language, at a time when the company
has significant plans for new models.”
“I would
like to thank Dirk van Braeckel for the significant contribution he has made to
Bentley. He has overseen the evolution of
the Bentley brand and the development of the new generation Continental family
and the flagship Mulsanne. I look
forward to him joining the team at Volkswagen Group design.”
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