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Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk, President, German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), Germany

Dr. Bernd Gottschalk, born in Lübeck in 1943, studied economics at the Universities of Hamburg, Saarbrücken and Stanford, California, and earned his doctorate in 1971 in Hamburg (Dr. rer. pol.). From 1972 to 1996, he has held numerous executive positions in various divisions of the Daimler- Benz AG: Public Relations, Economic Transport Policy; Plant Manager of the Mannheim factory; President of Mercedes-Benz do Brazil. In 1992, Dr. Gottschalk was appointed Member of the Managing Board of Mercedes-Benz AG, responsible for the Commercial Vehicles Division worldwide. In 1996, the Board of the VDA unanimously elected him as President of the VDA. In addition, Dr. Gottschalk has various national and international responsibilities: President of OICA (Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs d’Automobiles), Vice-President of BDI, the Federation of German Industries, President of the BDI Traffic Committee and Honorary Professor at the Western Saxon University of Zwickau.