# Daniela Cavallo

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**Daniela Cavallo** (born 3 April 1975) is a German business executive who has been chairwoman of the [Group](/source/Group_Works_Council), [General](/source/Central_Works_Council) and local [Works Council](/source/Works_council) of the [Volkswagen Group](/source/Volkswagen_Group) since May 2021.[1]

## Career

Cavallo was born to [Italian](/source/Italians) parents. Her father came to Wolfsburg with the first wave of [guest workers](/source/Gastarbeiter) and worked at the [Wolfsburg Volkswagen Plant](/source/Wolfsburg_Volkswagen_Plant).[2] According to the financial news website [Business Insider](/source/Business_Insider), her Italian origin is important to her. She feels like at home in both countries, but she is really at home in Wolfsburg.[3] After graduating from high school in 1994, she completed an apprenticeship as an office clerk at Volkswagen and qualified as a business administrator.[4] She was also involved in [Youth and Trainee](/source/Jugend-_und_Auszubildendenvertretung) representation.[5]

In 2002, Cavallo was elected to the Works Council of the then [Volkswagen](/source/Volkswagen) subsidiary [Auto 5000](/source/Auto_5000). After the birth of her children, she interrupted her work between 2004 and 2008 as the first Works Council member at Volkswagen for maternal leave.[3] Cavallo has been a member of the Volkswagen General Works Council since 2013.[6] In 2019, she was elected as deputy chair of the General and Group Works Council. After [Bernd Osterloh](/source/Bernd_Osterloh) left as chair to became the new Chief Human Resources Officer at the Volkswagen commercial vehicle subsidiary [Traton](/source/Traton), Cavallo took over on 23 April 2021 as the chair.[7]

## Reception

According to *[Die Tageszeitung](/source/Die_Tageszeitung)* and *[Manager Magazin](/source/Manager_Magazin)*, Cavallo "is now in what is probably the most powerful position on the employee side in German industry".[6][8] Cavallo's predecessor Osterloh describes her as "strong leadership, empathic and so strategically thinking that many will be surprised".[4][9]

## See also

- [Volkswagen and unions](/source/Volkswagen_and_unions)

## References

1. Lorenzo, Giovanni di & Tatje, Claas (23 June 2021). ["Ich bin eigentlich ziemlich bescheiden"](https://www.zeit.de/2021/26/daniela-cavallo-vw-betriebsrat-wolfsburg-italien-afd) [I am actually quite humble]. *[Die Zeit](/source/Die_Zeit)*. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

1. Stefan Menzel (2018-12-18). ["Daniela Cavallo: Gastarbeiter-Tochter wird Kronprinzessin von VW-Betriebsratschef Osterloh"](https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/daniela-cavallo-gastarbeiter-tochter-wird-kronprinzessin-von-vw-betriebsratschef-osterloh/23773308.html). *Handelsblatt*. Retrieved 2020-05-06.

1. Klemens Handke (2021-04-26). ["Daniela Cavallo: Wie die Tochter eines italienischen Arbeiters bei VW zur mächtigsten Betriebsrätin in Deutschland wurde"](https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/mobility/daniela-cavallo-beerbt-bernd-osterloh-bei-vw-wie-die-tochter-eines-italienischen-vw-arbeiters-zur-maechtigsten-arbeitnehmer-vertreterin-in-deutschland-wurde-b/). *Business Insider*. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. ["Bernd Osterloh gibt alle Funktionen ab, Daniela Cavallo übernimmt sie"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210510174635/https://www.igm-bei-vw.de/detail/bernd-osterloh-gibt-alle-funktionen-ab-daniela-cavallo-uebernimmt-sie/b?cHash=611100f12f6a015a74efac016da9e364). IG Metall bei Volkswagen. 2021-04-23. Archived from [the original](https://www.igm-bei-vw.de/detail/bernd-osterloh-gibt-alle-funktionen-ab-daniela-cavallo-uebernimmt-sie/b?cHash=611100f12f6a015a74efac016da9e364) on 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. Stefan Menzel (2021-04-23). ["Daniela Cavallo wird Volkswagens erste Betriebsratschefin – Wer sie ist und was sie auszeichnet"](https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/industrie/wechsel-im-betriebsrat-daniela-cavallo-wird-volkswagens-erste-betriebsratschefin-wer-sie-ist-und-was-sie-auszeichnet/27125790.html?ticket=ST-790090-2zXTfFuyGcQ67dSin3rC-ap2). *Handelsblatt*. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. Kai Schöneberg (2021-04-23). ["Mächtige Frau in Wolfsburg"](https://taz.de/Neue-VW-Betriebsratschefin-Cavallo/!5768461/). *[Die Tageszeitung](/source/Die_Tageszeitung)*. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. Carsten Germis (2021-05-01). ["Sie verkörpert den Wandel bei VW"](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/neue-betriebsratschefin-daniela-cavallo-verkoerpert-den-wandel-bei-vw-17318828.html?premium). *[Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung](/source/Frankfurter_Allgemeine_Zeitung)*. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. ["Sie wird die oberste Arbeiterführerin in Wolfsburg"](https://www.manager-magazin.de/unternehmen/autoindustrie/daniela-cavallo-wird-vw-betriebsratschefin-und-oberste-arbeiterfuehrerin-in-wolfsburg-a-a21b3092-5b5f-423d-b03c-64b944024b40). *Manager Magazin*. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

1. ["VW-Betriebsratschef Osterloh wechselt zur Lkw-Tochter Traton"](https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/braunschweig_harz_goettingen/VW-Betriebsratschef-Osterloh-wechselt-zur-Lkw-Tochter-Traton,osterloh140.html). *ndr.de*. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-05-04.

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