Philipp Hagenburger will take over as president & CEO, Daimler South East Asia, on May 1. Wolfgang Huppenbauer is retiring after 10 years in the post and 39 years with Mercedes-Benz.WOLFGANG Huppenbauer, the chief executive officer of Daimler South East Asia, is retiring after 10 years in the post and 39 years with Mercedes-Benz.
Mr Hagenburger will take on a challenging role; Daimler South East Asia oversees 12 countries around the region, with a multitude of regulatory requirements and market conditions between them.Yet, Mr Huppenbauer is leaving while the sailing is smooth. The business won an award for the best distributorship in the world under 20,000 cars per annum last year, an internal prize that carries some prestige within Daimler. The award, says Mr Huppenbauer, was"a nice retirement present.
He returned to head Daimler South East Asia in 2009, and fostered an unusually close relationship with C&C, the sole dealer for Mercedes here."We are dependant on them as they are on us," he says."We might be on different sides of the boat, but we have the same objective."
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