VW to name Thomas Sedran new head of commercial vehicles ops - source

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Thomas Sedran is to be named the new head of Volkswagen's <VOWG_p.DE> commercial vehicle division, a source close to the matter said on Tuesday.

Sedran, currently VW's head of strategy, will replace Eckhard Scholz from Sept. 1, the source said, confirming a report by daily Handelsblatt.

(Reporting by Arno Schuetze; Editing by Maria Sheahan)