Daimler Trucks has announced Dr Rainer Müller-Finkeldei iwll take over the responsibility for Mercedes-Benz Trucks Product Engineering in May 2023. In his new position, he will lead the Mercedes-Benz Trucks engineering divisions in Germany, Brazil and Türkiye. Dr Müller-Finkeldei suceeded Prof. Dr Uwe Baake, who retired end of April 2023.
Dr Rainer Müller-Finkeldei joined the Daimler Group in 1995 to write his dissertation in Computer Science and Physics at the University of Würzburg, Germany, after completing his Master’s degree at the University of Würzburg and the University of Texas in Austin, USA. He started his career as Development Engineer in Research and Development at former Daimler-Benz AG. After various Research and Development positions in the passenger car and van business, he joined the truck division in 2004 and became Executive Assistant to Vice President of Truck Product Creation. Further senior positions in Product Development within the Daimler Group followed. In 2010, he became Director of Mercedes-Benz Trucks Mechatronics before he was appointed as Senior Vice President of Product Engineering and Technology at Daimler Truck North America in April 2020.
Karin Rådström, CEO Mercedes-Benz Trucks: “Rainer Müller-Finkeldei is a great engineer with international experience who understands our customer’s needs. He is also an excellent leader. I am convinced he will play a vital role in developing the right products to lead in sustainable transportation. I am very glad to welcome Rainer to our Mercedes-Benz Trucks team and wish him all the best in his new responsibility."
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