Daimler Truck Capital Market Day 2025 | July 08, 2025

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:

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

Eva Scherer was born on December 23, 1983, in Lohr am Main, Germany. After graduating from high school, she started a three-year trainee program at Siemens AG in autumn 2003, which included part-time studies at FOM University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in International Management, followed by a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of Bradford in 2010. During her more than 20 year career at Siemens, Eva Scherer has held responsibilities in central finance and controlling functions as well as regional and global roles as Chief Financial Officer, operating in Germany, the UK, Switzerland and Singapore. Eva Scherer has been a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum since 2019.

Previous positions:

• Member of the Board of Management, Chief Financial Officer, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since April 2024
• Member of the Board of Management, Chief Financial Officer, Daimler Truck AG, since April 2024
• Global Head of Investor Relations, Siemens AG, 2022
• CFO Mobility Software, Siemens Mobility GmbH, 2022
• CFO Rail Infrastructure, Siemens Mobility GmbH, 2020
• Global Head Finance & Performance Management, Siemens AG/Siemens Mobility GmbH, 2017
• Head of Finance Solutions & Services Asia-Pacific/Middle East & Head of Finance Building Technologies ASEAN, Siemens Pte Ltd Singapore, 2011
• Regional Controller – Cluster Management Building Automation Asia-Pacific, Siemens Schweiz AG 2011
• Business Unit Controller, Siemens Schweiz AG, 2008
• Commercial Manager/Project Procurement Manager, Siemens AG, 2006

Achim Puchert was born on March 4, 1979 in Celle, Germany. He studied in Germany, Denmark and Sweden and holds Master's degrees in International Management and Economics and Administration for International Business. In 2002, he joined the then DaimlerChrysler AG.

Previous positions

• Member of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Bharat-Benz, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since January 2025
• Member of the Board of Management, Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Bharat-Benz, Daimler Truck AG, since January 2025
• Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Trucks brand, Daimler Truck Holding AG, December 2024
• Member of the Board of Management, regions Europe and Latin America and the Mercedes-Benz Trucks brand, Daimler Truck AG, December 2024
• CEO and President Mercedes-Benz do Brasil, 2022
• Senior Vice President Daimler Truck Overseas (in dual role), Daimler Truck AG, 2020
• Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Daimler Truck Asia (in dual role), Daimler Truck AG, Japan, 2019
• Director International Operations Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler AG, 2015
• Senior Manager Alliance Office Daimler Truck - Kamaz, Daimler AG, 2013
• Assistant to the Head of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service Mercedes-Benz Trucks, Daimler AG, 2010
• Market Management and Sales Controlling Mercedes-Benz Trucks Eastern Europe Russia and Africa, DaimlerChryler AG, 2007
• International Management Associate Daimler AG, DaimlerChrysler AG, 2006
• Sales and Key Account Management Mercedes-Benz Vans and Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Danmark AS, 2002

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, Daimler Truck North America, Daimler Truck Holding AG, since January 2025
• Member of the Board of Management, Daimler Truck North America, Daimler Truck AG, since January 2025
• Member of the Board of Management, region North America and brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Truck Holding AG, March 2021
• Member of the Board of Management, region North America and brands Freightliner, Western Star and Thomas Built Buses, Daimler Truck AG, 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

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