People: Daimler AG (DAI)

Dr. Ruediger Grube is a Member of the Board of Management, responsible for Corporate Development at Daimler AG. He has held this position since October 1, 2001. His responsibilities include Corporate Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions, Industrial Participations, Information Technology and since October 1, 2004, all North East Asia activities. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS N.V.). Following commercial/technical training in metal aircraft construction, he studied automotive engineering and aircraft construction at the University for Applied Sciences in Hamburg (Hochschule fuer Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) and graduated as a qualified engineer. He later studied vocational and business teaching at the University of Hamburg (Universitaet Hamburg). He held a teaching post in production and engineering at the University of Hamburg from 1981 to 1986. In 1986 he completed a doctorate at the Universities of Hamburg and Kassel (Universitaet Kassel) in the areas of industrial science and polytechnology. Dr. Grube joined then Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH in 1989, later Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA). He has served as a Deputy member of the Board of Management, Corporate Development, DaimlerChrysler AG, (2001), Senior Vice President for Corporate Development, (2000), Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy DaimlerChrysler AG, (1998), Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Strategy at Daimler-Benz AG, (1996), Director of Corporate Planning and Technology at Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG, Munich, (1995), Head of Aviation staff unit at Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG, Munich (Airbus, military aircraft, Dornier Aviation, Eurocopter), (1994), Head of the Munich-Ottobrunn site, Daimler-Benz Aerospace AG, Munich, (1992), Head of Management office, Deutsche Airbus GmbH, Hamburg, (1990) and Head of the Marketing, Sales and International Relations for the Energy and Industrial Technology division, Messerschmitt-Boelkow-Blohm GmbH, (1989).