Personnel change at Mercedes-Benz Trucks: Marcus Ekman to become new Head of Engineering

Marcus Ekman will succeed Rainer Müller-Finkeldei (56) who has decided to retire end of July 2026 after more than three decades within Daimler AG and Daimler Truck AG.

Achim Puchert, CEO Mercedes-Benz Trucks: “We are excited to welcome Marcus Ekman to Mercedes‑Benz Trucks. His leadership in transformation and ability to connect technology, product strategy, and execution will be essential to Daimler Truck’s journey towards becoming the best truck and bus company in the world.“ 

Marcus Ekman brings more than 25 years of international leadership experience in commercial vehicle engineering, product development, and quality management. He currently is Senior Vice President Truck Quality at Volvo Group, following earlier responsibilities as Senior Vice President Complete Vehicle and Senior Vice President Global Product Development at Volvo Group, and has held various management roles in Engineering at Scania. Across these positions, he has been accountable for end-to-end vehicle development, validation, modularization, quality management, and industrialization within global engineering, with a strong customer focus and a global perspective. Marcus Ekman holds an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics and a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.

Rainer Müller-Finkeldei joined Daimler in 1995 and held various Research and Development roles before moving to the truck division in 2004. In 2010, he became Director Mercedes-Benz Trucks Mechatronics, was appointed Senior Vice President Product Engineering and Technology at Daimler Truck North America in 2020 and took over as Head of Mercedes‑Benz Trucks Product Engineering in 2023.

Achim Puchert, CEO Mercedes-Benz Trucks: “I would like to express my sincere appreciation and gratitude to Rainer for his exceptional contributions over more than three decades for our company. He has been instrumental in driving transformation towards carbon-neutral transport, digitalization, and greater vehicle and system connectivity across the globe. For his future, I wish Rainer all the best.”