STUTTGART, Germany,
March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
The Board of Management of Daimler AG (NYSE: DAI) has made the
following personnel decisions: Volker
Mornhinweg (50), currently managing director of Mercedes-AMG
GmbH in Affalterbach, Germany,
will take over as head of the Mercedes-Benz Vans division effective
April 1, 2010. He is succeeding Dr.
Wolfgang Bernhard, who was appointed
as a Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG in
February 2010. In his new position,
Mornhinweg will report to Dr. Bernhard.
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After completing his apprenticeship, which he started at
Daimler-Benz in 1980, he went on to complete his degree in
precision engineering at the University of
Applied Sciences in Esslingen, Germany. Subsequently, he
took over various executive assignments in the group, such as in
advanced prototyping, product preparation and product planning.
Before taking over as managing director of Mercedes-AMG, he was
plant manager of the Mercedes-Benz plant in Berlin and thereafter, head of executive
management development for the group.
Ola Kaellenius (40), most recently plant manager of the
Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa (USA), will take over from Mr. Mornhinweg as
managing director of Mercedes-Benz AMG GmbH also effective
April 1, 2010. Kaellenius previously
was head of Mercedes-Benz High Performance Engines Ltd. in
Brixworth, Great Britain and
worked at McLaren Automotive. In Stuttgart, he subsequently worked as Senior
Manager in engine and exhaust management, among other positions.
Kaellenius, born in Sweden,
started his career at the former DaimlerChrysler AG 1995 at the
Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant in the division planning and
reporting. He completed his studies at the Stockholm School of Economics with a Master's
degree.
A successor to Ola Kaellenius will be decided on and announced
in the near future.
Photos from Volker Mornhinweg and
Ola Kaellenius are available on the Daimler website
http://media.daimler.com/ms/101903/e.
Further information on Daimler is available on the internet at:
http://media.daimler.com.
About Daimler
Daimler AG is one of the world's most successful automotive
companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks,
Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services,
the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars
and the world's biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a
global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides its customers
with a full range of automotive financial services including
financing, leasing, insurance and fleet management.
The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of
the automobile in the year 1886. As an automotive pioneer, Daimler
continues to shape the future of mobility. The Group applies
innovative and green technologies to produce safe and superior
vehicles which fascinate and delight its customers. With the
development of alternative drive systems, Daimler is the only
vehicle producer investing in hybrid drive, electric motors and
fuel-cell systems, with the goal of achieving emission-free
mobility in the long term. This is just one example of how Daimler
willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility
towards society and the environment.
Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the
countries of the world and has production facilities on five
continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to
the world's most valuable automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the
brands smart, Maybach, Freightliner, Western Star, Fuso, Setra,
Orion and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock
exchanges of Frankfurt,
New York and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In
2009, the Group sold 1.6 million vehicles and employed a workforce
of more than 256,000 people; revenue totaled euro 78.9 billion and EBIT amounted minus
euro 1.5 billion.
SOURCE Daimler Corporate Communications