Renata Jungo Brüngger has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG – now Mercedes-Benz Group AG – since January 1, 2016, with responsibility for Integrity and Legal Affairs. She is also a member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG.

Renata Jungo Brüngger was born on August 7, 1961, in Fribourg, Switzerland. After completing her bilingual studies of jurisprudence at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1985, she became a licensed attorney-at-law in 1989. While working as a lawyer, she attended an additional course of studies at the University of Zurich and gained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international commercial law, specializing in intellectual property rights and technology and information rights, in 1998. She joined the former Daimler AG as Head of Legal in 2011.

This Board of Management position includes Mercedes-Benz Group’s Legal Department, the Compliance Organization and the Legal Product & Technology as well as the Corporate Data Protection and Corporate Audit. It is also responsible for respecting and protecting human rights and for the sustained anchoring of a corporate culture of integrity (Integrity & Sustainability Management) throughout the Group.

Geetam comes with 25+ years of professional experience in the areas of Transport Planning, and Traffic Engineering in India, USA, Bangladesh and African Countries. Teacher of transport planning and modelling, traffic engineering, geometric design of highways and Transport Economics at graduate and undergraduate level at the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi since 1990. Member of Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme at IIT Delhi. Extensive research experience in dealing with transportation issues of special relevance to low-income countries.

Rathish Balakrishnan comes with 20+ years of experience across the corporate and social sector. As Partner and Managing Partner at Sattva, he brings his extensive experience in conceptualising and implementing large-scale solutions that brings together leading foundations, corporations, civil society organisations and the government. Prior to founding Sattva Consulting, he worked at SAP Labs. His last role at the technology company involved driving cross product management initiatives across SAP Middleware Technology Platform.

Co-Founder of an analytics company providing customers with actionable insights from digital data, which helps create brands, products and services that engage with consumers, across touch points. Helped build LatentView from ground up anchoring key roles in strategy and execution to guide Latent View’s rapid growth and recognition. Prior to founding Latent View, Pramad held positions with IBM, Ford, Moody’s ICRA and Kotak Mahindra Bank.

As the Managing Director and CEO of Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), Manu leads the largest R&D setup for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany. Manu holds more than 26 years of experience in the automobile innovation and engineering sector. He has served across various leadership positions and played an instrumental role in achieving organizational transformation by effectively navigating complex business challenges.

With a special focus on ensuring safety of passengers and road users, Manu leads an extensive team of 6000+ talented engineers, who play a key role in accelerating the future of smart and sustainable mobility and delivering world-class solutions across global projects.

Driving ‘Digital Transformation’ at MBRDI for various innovative product portfolios of Mercedes-Benz AG, he launched the Mercedes-Benz Startup Autobahn in India, to develop cutting-edge solutions in collaboration with India’s startup ecosystem.

Manu is a keen follower of latest global technology trends. He also closely collaborates with the ER&D Council of NASSCOM to enable India’s emergence as a leading digital engineering solutions destination. Under his leadership, MBRDI has won the ‘ER&D Organization of the Year’ award at the 1st Engineering & Innovation Excellence Awards 2021 by NASSCOM. The company was also recognized as the ‘Top Innovative Company in Service’ by CII in 2021.

Manu received his Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics and Communication from the University of Mysore, India in 1995.

Ola Källenius has been a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG – now Mercedes-Benz Group AG – since January 1, 2015, and Chairman of the Board of Management since May 22, 2019. He is also Chairman of the Board of Management of 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 former Daimler-Benz AG as Trainee within the International Management Associate Program in 1993.