Executive Committee: Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Manager
Positions heldSince
Ola Källenius

Ola Källenius

55 year

Chief Executive Officer 21/05/2019
Tim Zech

Tim Zech

53 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor 31/01/2018
Sabine Kohleisen

Sabine Kohleisen

60 year

Human Resources Officer 30/11/2021
Bettina Fetzer

Bettina Fetzer

44 year

Public Communications Contact -
Sales & Marketing -
Markus Schäfer

Markus Schäfer

59 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer 21/05/2019
Britta Seeger

Britta Seeger

55 year

Sales & Marketing 31/12/1999

Composition of the Board of Directors: Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Director
CommitteesSince
Martin Brudermüller

Martin Brudermüller

63 year

Nominating Committee 14/10/2020
Executive Committee Chair 14/10/2020
Audit Committee 30/01/2024
Timotheus Höttges

Timotheus Höttges

62 year

Executive Committee Chair 31/12/2013
Audit Committee 28/04/2022
Roman Romanowski

Roman Romanowski

50 year

Audit Committee 31/12/2020
Ergun Lümali

Ergun Lümali

62 year

Audit Committee 30/04/2014
Roman Zitzelsberger

Roman Zitzelsberger

58 year

Compensation Committee 31/12/2020
Olaf G. Koch

Olaf G. Koch

54 year

Audit Committee Chair 28/04/2022
Bernardus Cornelis van Beurden

Bernardus Cornelis van Beurden

66 year

Nominating Committee
Marco Gobbetti

Marco Gobbetti

66 year

Director/Board Member 28/04/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member 28/04/2022
Monika Tielsch

Monika Tielsch

57 year

Director/Board Member 31/12/2020
Nadine Boguslawski

Nadine Boguslawski

47 year

Director/Board Member 31/12/2020
Dame Veronica Anne Courtice

Dame Veronica Anne Courtice

72 year

Director/Board Member 28/04/2022
Independent Dir/Board Member 28/04/2022
Gabriela Neher

Gabriela Neher

29 year

Director/Board Member 02/03/2023
Doris Höpke

Doris Höpke

58 year

Director/Board Member 07/05/2024
Helene Svahn

Helene Svahn

50 year

Director/Board Member 30/09/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member 30/09/2021
Frank Markus Weber

Frank Markus Weber

63 year

Director/Board Member 09/04/2013
Elizabeth Centoni

Elizabeth Centoni

60 year

Director/Board Member 30/03/2021
Independent Dir/Board Member 30/03/2021
Michael Häberle

Michael Häberle

55 year

Director/Board Member 31/12/2017
Michael Bettag

Michael Bettag

63 year

Director/Board Member 31/12/2014
Michael Peters

Michael Peters

56 year

Director/Board Member 02/03/2023
Stefan Pierer

Stefan Pierer

68 year

Director/Board Member 02/05/2023
Independent Dir/Board Member 02/05/2023

Former Officers and Directors: Mercedes-Benz Group AG

Insider
Positions held
SinceUntil
Robert Köthner
Robert Köthner
Comptroller/Controller/Auditor 31/12/2000 30/11/2023
Sari Maritta Baldauf
Sari Maritta Baldauf
Director/Board Member 10/02/2008 02/05/2023
Clemens A. H. Börsig
Clemens A. H. Börsig
Director/Board Member 03/04/2007 28/04/2022
Manfred Bischoff
Manfred Bischoff
Chairman 11/04/2006 30/03/2021
Petraea Heynike
Petraea Heynike
Director/Board Member 12/04/2011 30/03/2021
Jürgen Hambrecht
Jürgen Hambrecht
Director/Board Member 07/02/2008 28/02/2021
Wilfried Porth
Wilfried Porth
Human Resources Officer 07/04/2009 01/01/2021
Björn Scheib
Björn Scheib
Investor Relations Contact - 30/04/2020
Paul Achleitner
Paul Achleitner
Director/Board Member 19/04/2010 31/12/2019
Dieter Zetsche
Dieter Zetsche
Chief Executive Officer 31/12/2005 21/05/2019
Bodo Knut Uebber
Bodo Knut Uebber
Chief Executive Officer 31/12/2002 31/12/2003
Director of Finance/CFO 31/12/2003 21/05/2019
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Annette Winkler
Annette Winkler
Director/Board Member 05/09/2011 29/09/2018
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2009 29/09/2018
Jörg Spies
Jörg Spies
Director/Board Member 04/01/2010 04/04/2018
Valter Sanches
Valter Sanches
Director/Board Member 31/12/2007 04/04/2018
Wolfgang Bernhard
Wolfgang Bernhard
Director/Board Member 05/04/2010 04/09/2011
Corporate Officer/Principal 04/09/2011 09/02/2017
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt
General Counsel 17/02/2011 31/12/2015
Jörg Hofmann
Jörg Hofmann
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 03/11/2015
Margarete Haase
Margarete Haase
Comptroller/Controller/Auditor 31/12/2005 31/12/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1999 31/12/2005
Jürgen Langer
Jürgen Langer
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 30/12/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2002 17/01/2010
Gerard Johannes Kleisterlee
Gerard Johannes Kleisterlee
Director/Board Member 07/04/2009 08/04/2014
Erich Klemm
Erich Klemm
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 31/03/2014
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/10/1998 17/01/2010
Eike Boehm
Eike Boehm
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1987 31/12/2013
Andreas Hermann Renschler
Andreas Hermann Renschler
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1998 31/12/2013
Michael Mühlbayer
Michael Mühlbayer
Investor Relations Contact 05/09/2011 31/10/2013
Public Communications Contact 11/11/2009 31/10/2013
Treasurer 17/01/2010 31/10/2013
Ansgar Osseforth
Ansgar Osseforth
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 09/04/2013
Uwe Werner
Uwe Werner
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 09/04/2013
Thomas Klebe
Thomas Klebe
Director/Board Member 14/01/2010 09/04/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2002 14/01/2010
Heinrich A. Flegel
Heinrich A. Flegel
Director/Board Member 14/01/2010 09/04/2013
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2002 09/04/2013
Lynton R. Wilson
Lynton R. Wilson
Director/Board Member 12/08/2009 27/02/2013
Stefan Schwaab
Stefan Schwaab
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 29/06/2012
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1999 17/01/2010
Manfred Schneider
Manfred Schneider
Director/Board Member 31/12/1997 12/04/2011
Volker Stauch
Volker Stauch
Corporate Officer/Principal 29/06/2010 29/06/2010
Arnaud Lagardère
Arnaud Lagardère
Director/Board Member 31/12/2004 13/04/2010
Timothy Simon Oldfield
Timothy Simon Oldfield
Corporate Officer/Principal 07/04/2010 -
Rainer Schmückle
Rainer Schmückle
Corporate Officer/Principal 30/04/2005 31/12/2009
Mark Wössner
Mark Wössner
Director/Board Member 07/04/2009 07/04/2009
William Owens
William Owens
Director/Board Member 31/10/2003 31/03/2009
Rüdiger Grube
Rüdiger Grube
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1995 31/12/2008
Wolf Jürgen Röder
Wolf Jürgen Röder
Director/Board Member 08/04/2008 08/04/2008
Gerd Rheude
Gerd Rheude
Director/Board Member 08/04/2008 08/04/2008
Earl G. Graves
Earl G. Graves
Director/Board Member 30/12/2007 30/12/2007
Peter Alden Magowan
Peter Alden Magowan
Director/Board Member 30/12/2007 30/12/2007
Eric R. Ridenour
Eric R. Ridenour
Director/Board Member 31/08/2005 -
Hilmar Kopper
Hilmar Kopper
Chairman 03/04/2007 03/04/2007
Robert G. Liberatore
Robert G. Liberatore
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1992 31/12/2006
Thomas Sidlik
Thomas Sidlik
Corporate Officer/Principal - 31/12/2006
Rolf Bartke
Rolf Bartke
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1994 31/12/2005
Gerd Becht
Gerd Becht
Compliance Officer 31/12/2005 -
General Counsel 31/12/2005 -
Jürgen Erich Schrempp
Jürgen Erich Schrempp
Chief Executive Officer 23/05/1995 30/12/2005
Eckhard Cordes
Eckhard Cordes
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1995 31/12/2004
James D. Donlon
James D. Donlon
Comptroller/Controller/Auditor 31/12/2000 31/12/2002
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2000 -
Richard Schaum
Richard Schaum
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2002 31/12/2002
Klaus Mangold
Klaus Mangold
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1994 31/12/2002
Gerald Weber
Gerald Weber
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/2001 -
Nate Gooden
Nate Gooden
Director/Board Member 31/12/2001 -
Udo Richter
Udo Richter
Director/Board Member 31/12/2000 -
Thomas William LaSorda
Thomas William LaSorda
Director/Board Member 30/04/2000 -
Robert J. Eaton
Robert J. Eaton
Chairman 31/12/1999 31/12/1999
Kurt Lauk
Kurt Lauk
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1994 30/11/1999
Günther Fleig
Günther Fleig
Human Resources Officer 30/09/1999 -
Christopher Eperjesy
Christopher Eperjesy
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1998 -
Helmut Lense
Helmut Lense
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 -
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1997 17/01/2010
Robert J. Lanigan
Robert J. Lanigan
Director/Board Member 17/01/2010 -
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1997 17/01/2010
Hartmut Marwitz
Hartmut Marwitz
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1994 -
Wilfried Achenbach
Wilfried Achenbach
Corporate Officer/Principal 31/12/1986 -
Leon H. M. Hustinx
Leon H. M. Hustinx
Sales & Marketing - -
Kevin Turnbull
Kevin Turnbull
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Klaus-Dieter Vöhringer
Klaus-Dieter Vöhringer
Corporate Officer/Principal 14/07/2011 -
David Simpson
David Simpson
Sales & Marketing - -
Morten Heuing
Morten Heuing
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Heinz Hawreliuk
Heinz Hawreliuk
Director/Board Member - -
Mikael Moeslund
Mikael Moeslund
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
John E. Herlitz
John E. Herlitz
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Thomas Müller
Thomas Müller
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Silvia Nierbauer
Silvia Nierbauer
Director/Board Member 07/03/2010 -
Frank Mallet
Frank Mallet
Director of Finance/CFO - -
René Welches
René Welches
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Gerhard Gnaedig
Gerhard Gnaedig
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Clemens Rheinfelder
Clemens Rheinfelder
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Hong Lian Tan
Hong Lian Tan
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Jennifer Carper
Jennifer Carper
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Peter Schumann
Peter Schumann
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Amanda Potter
Amanda Potter
Comptroller/Controller/Auditor - -
Jürgen Hubbert
Jürgen Hubbert
Corporate Officer/Principal - -
Ralf-Guido Herrtwich
Ralf-Guido Herrtwich
Corporate Officer/Principal 18/07/2011 -

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male 27
Female 10

Of which Executive Committee

Male 3
Female 3

Of which Directors

Male 15
Female 5
ESG Refinitiv
B-

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Mercedes-Benz Group AG is one of the world leading automobile manufacturers. Net sales break down by activity as follows: - sale of individual vehicles and light duty vehicles (83.2%): 2.5 million vehicles sold in 2023 (Mercedes-Benz, Smart and Maybach brands); - financial and mobility services (16.8%): financing, insurance services, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Germany (16.8%), Europe (23.7%), the United States (23.5%), North America (2.9%), China (16.5%), Asia (11.8%) and other (4.8%).
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Departures of Key Persons

Robert J. Eaton
-
Robert J. Eaton

Chairman

31/12/1999 31/12/1999

Brian Reed
-
Brian Reed

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/1981 30/12/2000

Jürgen Erich Schrempp
-
Jürgen Erich Schrempp

Chief Executive Officer

23/05/1995 30/12/2005

Till Becker
-
Till Becker

Chairman

31/12/1986 31/12/2005

Hilmar Kopper
-
Hilmar Kopper

Chairman

03/04/2007 03/04/2007

Dieter Zetsche
-
Dieter Zetsche

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2005 21/05/2019

Bodo Knut Uebber
-
Bodo Knut Uebber

Chief Executive Officer

31/12/2002 31/12/2003

Manfred Bischoff
-
Manfred Bischoff

Chairman

11/04/2006 30/03/2021

Bernd Pischetsrieder
-
Bernd Pischetsrieder

Chairman

30/03/2021 07/05/2024