Tobias Moers to be new Chief Executive of Mercedes-AMG GmbH

The Board of Management of Daimler AG has appointed Tobias Moers (47) as the new Chief Executive of Mercedes-AMG GmbH. In this position, he will be the successor as of October 1, 2013 to Ola Kallenius, who will become the new Head of Sales & Marketing
at Mercedes-Benz Cars as of the same date. Kallenius takes over that position from Dr. Joachim Schmidt, who will retire at the end of this year.

"Tobias Moers has gasoline in his veins. With his technical expertise and enthusiasm for high-performance automobiles, he has made an important contribution to the success of our high-performance brand in recent years. He is an out-and-out AMG man who has helped shaping the brand for nearly 20 years now," said Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Group Research and Development Mercedes-Benz Cars.

Moers has been active for Mercedes-AMG since 1994, where he first worked in various development positions. In 1999, he assumed overall responsibility for the main AMG model series. Tobias Moers has been In-charge of complete automobile development since 2002 and has been a Member of the Executive Board of Mercedes-AMG GmbH since 2011.

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