Wolfgang Bernhard
Wolfgang Bernhard (* 3. September 1960 in Böhen , Unterallgäu as Wolfgang Ayerle ) is a German manager . From 2002 to 2004 he was a member of the Board of Management of what was then DaimlerChrysler AG , from 2005 to 2007 a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG and from 2010 to 2017 again a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, from 2013 responsible for Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses .
Life
Youth and Studies
Originally born as Wolfgang Ayerle, he took his mother's maiden name at the age of 29. After graduating from the Maristenkolleg in Mindelheim Bernhard studied 1980-1986 Industrial Engineering with the technical field of electrical engineering at the Technical University of Darmstadt . 1988 he took on the Columbia University in New York the Master of Business Administration (MBA) from. In 1990 he was at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main Dr. rer. pole. PhD.
Manager
From 1990, he advised the employees of McKinsey , the Daimler-Benz AG. In 1992 he became project manager for material costs and productivity increases in the Mercedes assembly plants . In 1994 he took over the center line assembly for the S-Class of the W140 series . In 1999 he became chairman of the management board of Mercedes-AMG GmbH. After the merger of Daimler-Benz and Chrysler , he moved to Detroit with Dieter Zetsche to promote the restructuring of the Chrysler division. In November 2000 he was promoted to deputy member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG and became Chief Operating Officer of the Chrysler Group , where he was responsible for costs and quality and was involved in the development of new products for the group . From September 2002 to July 2004 he was a full member of the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG.
Bernhard was supposed to be the head of the brand for Mercedes-Benz as the successor to Jürgen Hubbert , but retired in 2004 in a dispute with Jürgen Schrempp over the Mitsubishi Motors stake in DaimlerChrysler.
Bernhard had been a member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG since February 1, 2005. From May 1, 2005, he also headed the Volkswagen brand group with the affiliated brands Škoda , Bentley and Bugatti and was Chairman of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen brand. At the end of January 2007, Bernhard left the VW Board of Management and switched to advising the US financial investor Cerberus Capital Management , which secured an 80 percent majority in Chrysler in May 2007. In the summer of 2007, Bernhard ended his mandate at Cerberus after the acquisition of Chrysler by Cerberus was completed.
In February 2009 it was announced that Bernhard was returning to Daimler AG as divisional director of the Mercedes-Benz van division . Accordingly, he should report directly to CEO Dieter Zetsche , with whom he had already worked closely at Chrysler.
On Friday, February 5, 2010, Daimler announced that Bernhard would again be a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG. Bernhard will be responsible for the production and purchasing of Mercedes-Benz Cars as well as for the Mercedes-Benz Vans division.
In April 2013, Bernhard took over the management of Daimler Trucks and Daimler Buses. The manager did not want to extend his contract, which expired in February 2018. As a result, Bernhard was released from his board duties in February 2017.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Truck boss Bernhard has to leave Daimler , Die Welt, February 10, 2017
- ^ FAZ : Wolfgang Bernhard returns to Daimler , February 10, 2009
- ↑ Bernhard Truck Board member apparently wants to leave Daimler , Stuttgarter Nachrichten, February 9, 2017
- ↑ The uncomfortable Mr. Bernhard doesn't want anymore , Manager Magazin, February 10, 2017
Web links
- Quotes from Wolfgang Bernhard (Engl.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bernhard, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ayerle, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German manager and board member of Daimler AG |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boom |