Daimler Truck Strategy Day 20 May 2021

Ola Källenius
Martin Daum
Jochen Goetz
John O’Leary
Karin Rådström
[Translate to English:]
Hartmut Schick
Andreas Gorbach

Introduction: Transforming Daimler

Daimler Truck: Unlocking the potential

Financials: Delivering on our ambitions

North America: From strong to stronger

Mercedes-Benz: Rebuilding profitability

Trucks Asia: Opportunity and growth

Technology: Leading the way to zero emissions

Autonomous strategy and closing remarks by Martin Daum

Q&A session with investors and analysts

Introduction: Transforming Daimler
Daimler Truck: Unlocking the potential
Financials: Delivering on our ambitions
North America: From strong to stronger
Mercedes-Benz: Rebuilding profitability
Trucks Asia: Opportunity and growth
Technology: Leading the way to zero emissions
Autonomous strategy and closing remarks by Martin Daum
Q&A session with investors and analysts

On May 20, 2021, we presented the comprehensive strategic realignment of Daimler Truck. You can watch the recording of the event here.

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Ola Källenius

Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG

Ola Källenius was born on June 11, 1969, in Västervik/Sweden. After obtaining Abitur (university entrance examination) at Grammar School of Danderyd (Sweden), he did his military service in the Swedish army in 1988/89. From 1989 until 1993 he studied at the Stockholm School of Economics (Master in Finance and Accounting) and the CEMS Programm (Master of International Management) at the University of St. Gallen. He joined the then Daimler-Benz AG as Trainee within the International Management Associate Program in 1993.

Previous positions:

  • Member of the Board of Management, Group Research & Mercedes-Benz Cars Development, 2017
  • Member of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales, 2015
  • Member of the Divisional Board, Mercedes-Benz Cars Marketing & Sales, Daimler AG, 2013
  • Vice President, Managing Director, Mercedes-AMG GmbH, Affalterbach, 2010
  • Vice President, President & CEO, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., Tuscaloosa (USA), 2009
  • Managing Director, Mercedes-Benz HighPerformanceEngines Ltd., Brixworth (Great Britain), 2005
  • Executive Director, Operations, McLaren Automotive Ltd., Woking (Great Britain), 2003
  • Director, Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars Powertrain, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2002
  • Director, Project Alliance, Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2001
  • Senior Manager, Procurement Mercedes-Benz Cars Engine Emission Management, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2000
  • Senior Manager, Corporate Controlling, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., Tuscaloosa (USA), 1998
  • Manager, Corporate Controlling, Mercedes-Benz U.S. International Inc., Tuscaloosa (USA), 1995

Martin Daum

Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, responsible for Daimler Buses, Daimler Truck Financial Services and IT

Martin Daum was born on October 28, 1959, in Karlsruhe, Germany. After graduating from high school in 1978, he did an apprenticeship as a banker. Post his apprenticeship, in 1980, he studied economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany, and graduated with a master’s degree in economics in 1985. After two years of working as a Management Consultant, he joined the then Daimler-Benz AG in 1987.

Previous positions:

  • Member of the Board of Management, responsible for Daimler Buses, Daimler Truck Financial Services and IT, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since 2024
  • Member of the Board of Management, responsible for Daimler Buses, Daimler Truck Financial Services and IT, Daimler Truck AG, since 2024
  • Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck Holding AG, 2021until 2024
  • Chairman of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck AG, 2021until 2024
  • Member of the Board of Management, Daimler Trucks and Buses, Daimler AG, 2017 until 2021
  • Executive Vice President, President & CEO, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, 2009
  • Vice President, Operations Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler AG, 2006
  • Vice President, Product Unit Unimog, Special Vehicles & Controlling, Daimler AG, 2003
  • Director, Controlling Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler AG, 2002
  • Director, Strategy CVD, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2001
  • Director, General Manager Finance and Administration, Sterling Corporation, Willoughby, Ohio USA, 1997
  • Director, Project Manager Controlling Light Truck Concept, Daimler-Benz AG, Portland, USA, 1996
  • Senior Manager, Commercial Director, debis Marketing Services GmbH, 1992
  • Senior Manager, Assistant to the Board Member Trading and Marketing Services, debis AG, 1990
  • Manager, Sales Organization Overseas/Sales Companies Overseas, Daimler-Benz AG, 1988
  • International Management Associate Program, Daimler-Benz AG, 1987

Jochen Goetz

Former Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, responsible for Finance and Controlling

Jochen Goetz was born on April 6, 1971 in Rastatt, Germany. He passed away on August 5, 2023. After school in Gaggenau and training as an industrial merchant at the former Mercedes-Benz AG, he studied in parallel government and economics at the Academy for Administration and Business in Karlsruhe from 1994 to 1998, graduating with a degree in business administration.

Previous positions:

  • Member of the Board of Management, Finance & Controlling, Daimler Truck Holding AG, 2021 - 2023
  • Member of the Board of Management, Finance & Controlling, Daimler Truck AG, since 2019
  • Executive Vice President, Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks & Buses, Daimler AG, 2018
  • Vice President, Finance & Controlling Daimler Trucks & Buses, Daimler AG, 2015
  • Director, Controlling & Reporting Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler AG, 2013
  • Director, Finance & Controlling Trucks NAFTA, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, 2012
  • Director, Controlling Operations Truck Powertrain, Daimler AG, 2012
  • Director, Controlling DT Axles & Transmissions / Integration TM, Daimler AG, 2009
  • Senior Manager, Finance Trucks Europe / Latin America, Daimler AG / DaimlerChrysler AG, 2004
  • Senior Manager, Reporting Actuals, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2003
  • Manager, Controlling / Target Planning MB Trucks, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2001
  • Department Controlling Unimog, Daimler-Benz AG, 1998
  • Product Controlling Unimog, Mercedes-Benz AG, 1992
  • Trainee for industry merchant, Mercedes-Benz AG, 1987

John O’Leary

Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, region North America and brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses

John O'Leary was born on August 17 1960 in the state of Washington, USA. In 1986, he graduated from Seattle University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. Additionally, he completed the Executive Development Program at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA. Prior to joining Daimler, he worked in the electronics industry for three years and the following eleven years at Paccar, Inc.

Previous positions:

  • Member of the Board of Management, region North America and brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since March 2021
  • Member of the Board of Management, region North America and brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Truck AG, since March 2021
  • Chief Transformation Officer & Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler Truck AG, Stuttgart, Germany, September 2020
  • Senior Vice President & CFO, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2012
  • Senior Vice President, Aftermarket, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA, 2010
  • President & CEO, Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, High Point, North Carolina, USA, 2002
  • Director, DTNA Restructuring Program, Daimler Trucks North America LLC, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2001
  • Director, Internal Audits, Freightliner Corporation, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2001
  • Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting, Freightliner Corporation, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2000

Karin Rådström

Chairwoman of the Board of Management Daimler Truck Holding AG and responsible for the regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand

Karin Rådström was born on February 22, 1979 in Södertälje, Sweden. After graduating with a Master of Engineering in Industrial Management from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, she started as a trainee at Scania in 2004.

Since 2007, Karin Rådström held several managing positions at Scania. She started as Group Manager of Product Information within sales and marketing. She then worked in fleet management as Product Planner and Product & Area Manager for five years. In 2012, Karin Rådström was appointed as Director of Fleet & Driver Services with global responsibility for the service portfolio of connected vehicles and driver services. In 2014, she became Director for Pre-Sales & Marketing Communications for Scania East Africa in Kenya, based in Nairobi.

In 2016, she was appointed as the Senior Vice President and Head of Buses & Coaches Scania. From 2019 until 2020, Karin Rådström was responsible for Sales and Marketing at Scania as a member of the Executive Board.

Previous positions:

  • Chairwoman of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since 2024
  • Chairwoman of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck AG, since 2024
  • Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since 2021
  • Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Truck brand, Daimler Truck AG, since 2021

Hartmut Schick

(Former) Member of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck AG, Responsible for the Asian region and the brands FUSO and BharatBenz

Hartmut Schick was born on October 5th 1961 in Oberiflingen/Schopfloch. After High School and Abitur in Freudenstadt he studied mechanical engineering from 1981 to 1986 at Technical University Karlsruhe. Having graduated in 1986 Hartmut Schick joined the research and development department of the former Daimler-Benz AG.

Previous positions:

  • Executive Vice President, Daimler Trucks Asia, Daimler AG, 2018
  • Executive Vice President, Head of Daimler Buses, Daimler AG, 2009
  • Executive Vice President, Head of Global Communications, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2002
  • Senior Vice President, CEOs Chief of Staff, DaimlerChrysler AG, 1999
  • Director, Production & Logistics Mercedes-Benz Plant Juiz de Fora/Brazil, Daimler AG, 1997
  • Senior Manager, Head of the CEOs Corporate Office, Daimler-Benz AG, 1995
  • Senior Manager, Head of the CEOs Corporate Office, Deutsche Aerospace (today: Airbus Group), 1993
  • Senior Manager, Marketing, Deutsche Aerospace (today: Airbus Group), 1990
  • Manager, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Car Production Medium Range, Mercedes-Benz AG, 1988
  • Research and Development / Central Research Calculation, Daimler-Benz AG, 1986

Andreas Gorbach

Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck Holding AG, responsible for Truck Technology

Andreas Gorbach was born in Ostfildern-Ruit on May 25, 1975. After graduating from high school in 1994, he studied Engineering and Process Technology at the University of Stuttgart from 1994 to 1999. From 1998 to 1999, he completed the Master Program System Dynamics and Control at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 2005, he received his doctoral degree in Engineering and Process Technology from the University of Stuttgart. In 2005, Andreas Gorbach began his professional career at the former DaimlerChrysler AG in the powertrain development.

Previous positions:

  • Member of the Board of Management, Truck Technology, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since July 2021
  • Member of the Board of Management, Truck Technology, Daimler Truck AG, since July 2021
  • CEO, Cellcentric GmbH & Co., March 2021
  • CEO, Daimler Truck Fuel Cell GmbH & Co.KG, May 2020
  • Director, Daimler Truck Powertrain Engines & Axles, Daimler AG, 2017
  • Director, Daimler Truck Engine Platforms, Daimler AG, 2015
  • Director, Engines and Engineering Mechanics Powertrain, Daimler AG, 2013
  • Director, Heavy Duty Engines, Daimler AG, 2011
  • Senior Manager, Research and Development, Heavy Duty Engine Platform, Daimler AG, 2009
  • Assistant to Vice President, Powertrain Engineering, Daimler AG, 2007
  • Test Engineer, Exhaust Aftertreatment Systems, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2005