EADS Global Website - Manfred Bischoff

: Arnaud Lagardère

Manfred Bischoff was born April 22, 1942. He holds a diploma and PhD in Economics from the University of Heidelberg. Having joined Daimler-Benz AG in 1976, Mr Bischoff became Chief Financial Officer of Mercedes-Benz do Brasil in 1988. In 1989, he was appointed to the Board of Management of Deutsche Aerospace (later DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG) as CFO and in 1995 became Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz Aerospace (later Daimler Chrysler Aerospace AG) and a Member of the Board of Management of Daimler-Benz AG. At the foundation of EADS in 2000, Mr Bischoff became its Chairman, a position he held until April 2007, when he was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysler AG. Currently, Manfred Bischoff is also Member of the Board of Unicredit S.p.A.; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Voith GmbH and Member of the Supervisory Board of KPN NV.

Principal occupation:
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Daimler AG

Current mandates:

Chairman of the Supervisory Board Daimler AG
Member of the Supervisory Board KPN N.V.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board SMS GmbH
Member of the Board of Directors Unicredit S.p.A.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Shareholder Committee Voith GmbH
Multiple memberships in non-profit Boards

Past mandates over the five past years (≥2008):