Prior to his appointment to his current position, Jan spent three years as Director Projects at Shanghai Volkswagen in Germany. This followed a two year period in Wolfsburg, Germany as PA to the head of Volkswagen Group quality assurance and a previous five year appointment as Manager of Product Quality Monitoring at Volkswagen/Audi of America. Jan was also previously based at Audi AG in Germany where he was responsible for product management for the company's North American region and Manager After Sales Europe. Jan began his automotive career at Honda Germany where he was a District Manager for sales and service. He has a Masters degree in automotive engineering.