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 the VW Group, having joined the car manufacturer in 1990 as an interior designer at Audi.