WINFRIED BLUM

Winfired Blum, 45, was appointed president of DaimlerChrysler Automotive Polska. He was formerly sales director and a member of the management board of the special vehicles division Unimog at DaimlerChrysler in Gaggenau, Germany, where he oversaw the marketing, service, export and domestic sales departments. Blum started his career in sales at Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz, an agricultural machinery and equipment producer, in Cologne. He then was regional director of the agro-technical department. He also held the positions of product manager, marketing director and complex distribution director at Deutz-Agrartechnik in Cologne. Blum studied management at DaimlerChrysler Corporate University and at the Graduate School of Business Administration at Harvard University. He is married and has two teenage sons. Besides his native German, he is fluent in English and French. In his spare time, he enjoys travelling, skiing and motorcycling.