Former member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG
Wolfgang Bernhard (born 3 September 1960) is a former member of the Board of Management of
Daimler AG.[1][2] He served as the former President and COO of
Chrysler from 2000 to 2004.[3]
After obtaining his doctorate degree, Bernhard joined
McKinsey & Company in 1990 as a management consultant. In this capacity, he was assigned to Mercedes-Benz. In 1992, he joined Mercedes-Benz AG. Bernhard became CEO of Mercedes-AMG in 1999. Following the merger of
Daimler-Benz and
Chrysler in 1998, Bernhard was appointed President and COO of the Chrysler division in 2000.[5] He continued in the position until he was slated to become the head of the Mercedes-Benz group in May 2004, but was passed over for the job just a day before his official switch. Bernhard subsequently resigned.[6] Bernhard then served as the CEO of the
Volkswagen brand for
Volkswagen AG from 2005 to 2007.[7] He was ousted from this position in January 2007 by
Ferdinand Piech.[8][9][10] Bernhard then rejoined Daimler in April 2009, and was on the Board of Management member responsible for commercial vehicles[11] since February 18, 2010. He became Head of Daimler Trucks and Buses Division on April 1, 2013.[citation needed]
On 9 February 2017, Wolfgang Bernhard announced that he would not renew his contract with Daimler in January 2018. On 10 February, Daimler let him go.[12][13]
In February 2019 Bernhard replace Franz Gasselsberger on the supervisory board of Austrian aluminium group AMAG.[14][15][16]