Changing of the guard at Daimler Truck AG
Stefan Buchner announces retirement
After around 35 years in management positions at the Daimler Group, Stefan Buchner (60), Member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG and Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks, will retire on September 30, 2020. He has been Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks worldwide since January 2013.
"At the beginning of my new decade of life, I have made the personal decision to retire," said Stefan Buchner. "I would like to thank all my colleagues for the excellent cooperation and the many special moments in over three decades - above all the successful premiere of the new Actros at the IAA 2018. We have achieved a lot at Mercedes-Benz Trucks in recent years, but there is still a lot to do. The foundation has been laid with the latest structural measures," Buchner continued.
"As a long-standing member of the Daimler Trucks Board of Management, Stefan Buchner has made a significant contribution to the successful further development of our company. This includes the creation of a global organization for the powertrain of our trucks, which is so important for our competitive advantage, as well as important structural and strategic changes at Mercedes-Benz Trucks. On behalf of the Board of Management and Supervisory Board, I would like to thank Stefan Buchner most sincerely for his many years of service to our company. We wish him all the best for the time after Daimler," said Martin Daum, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG.
"Stefan Buchner will remain on board up to and including the IAA, which is very important for Mercedes-Benz Trucks, so that we can take our time to make the best possible succession decision and thus also initiate a generational change on the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG. The period also offers sufficient opportunity for an orderly transition," continued Daum.
Stefan Buchner has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler Truck AG since November 2019, where he has been responsible for Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Europe/Latin America region, since 2013. After training as a communications equipment mechanic at Deutsche Bundesbahn, he completed a degree in industrial engineering at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences. Since 1986, he has held management positions at Daimler AG in the areas of purchasing and strategy. He gained international experience as Head of Global Procurement & Supply at Mitsubishi Motors Corporation in Japan. On his return to Germany, he took over as Head of Purchasing Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses. From 2010, he was also responsible for Global Powertrain (worldwide powertrain production) and production planning.
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