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Member of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. since April 2006.
He is also Chairman of the
Presidential Committee and of the Mediation Committee.
Dr. Manfred Bischoff was born April 22, 1942 in Calw, Germany. After gaining a degree in Economics he worked from 1968 to 1976 as an assistant at the Alfred Weber Institute, University of Heidelberg where he was also awarded a doctorate in 1973.
In 1976, Dr. Bischoff joined Daimler-Benz AG as project coordinator for the alliance with Steyr-Daimler-Puch, with special responsibility for the cross-country vehicle Mercedes-Benz G-Class. In 1981, he was given responsibility for equity investments, mergers & acquisitions in the finance department where he became departmental head in 1985.
In 1988, Dr. Bischoff joined the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil as CFO. In 1989, he was appointed to the Board of Management of Deutsche Aerospace (DASA) as CFO and in 1995 became chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz Aerospace and a member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG. Following the establishment of the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Company (EADS) in 2000, Dr. Bischoff became its chairman.
On December 15, 2003, Dr. Bischoff stepped down from the Board of Management of DaimlerChrysler AG.
Dr. Bischoff is a member of the supervisory boards and boards of the following companies:
DaimlerChrysler Luft- und Raumfahrt-Holding AG (chairman),
Fraport AG, Royal KPN N.V.,
Nortel Networks Corporation and Nortel Networks Ltd,
SMS GmbH,
Unicredit S.p.a,
Voith AG. | 