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Bentley’s former design chief Stefan Sielaff has left the British automaker and will reportedly start working for Geely. A Bentley spokeswoman confirmed Sielaff’s departure earlier this week, stating that he “left his position to pursue other career opportunities outside Bentley and the Volkswagen Group”, but did not comment on the reports of him joining Geely, as claimed by German press outlets. Sielaff assumed the role of Bentley’s design boss in 2015 having previously headed up the VW Group’s Potsdam design center in Germany. The 59-year-old has spent most of his career with th...

Sielaff will reportedly start his new job in Gothenburg, Sweden after his obligatory gardening leave, which is expected to last three months, before heading off to Geely’s design headquarters in Shanghai. In the meantime, Horbury will continue to oversee design development of Geely Auto Group’s brands as well as the company’s design studios in Shanghai, China; Gothenburg, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain; California, USA; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Coventry, England. The British automotive designer, who turns 70 years old in a few weeks’ time, has led Geely Design since 2011 and is said to r...

Andreas Mindt oversaw the design of the Q8 and e-tron, and now he's headed to Bentley.

- shares Volkswagen Audi Groupsince 1998 – has appointed Andreas Mindt as its new Director of Design. The former head of exterior design for Audi is set to take the helm at the British marque's UK headquarters from March 2021. Mindt will succeed previous Director of Design Stefan Sielaff, who is departing Bentley after almost six years to "pursue other opportunities". An unconfirmed report from Europe's AutoNews suggests Sielaff's next role may be with Chinese giant Geely, the parent company for brands like Volvo, Polestar and emerging electric car maker Lynk & Co. In his role at Audi, Min...