Daimler Truck AG has announced the change of leadership effective from 1 December. Accordingly, Karl Deppen will succeed Hartmut Schick as Member of the Board of Management responsible for Truck China and the regions Japan and India with their brands FUSO and BharatBenz.
After 35 years in various management positions in the Daimler Group, Schick will retire on December 31, 2021. The company said that his successor Deppen is currently responsible for the Latin America region of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses.
Schick joined the research and development department of the former Daimler-Benz AG in 1986 after graduating in mechanical engineering. After changing to passenger car production, he worked in the marketing department of DASA in Munich from 1990. In 1993, he took over the management of the CEO’s Corporate Office there. Hartmut Schick returned to Stuttgart in 1995 as Head of the Corporate Office of the Chairman of the Board of Daimler-Benz AG. Since April 2018, Hartmut Schick has been responsible for the Asian business of Daimler Truck.
Deppen joined the Group in 1990 and held various management positions in purchasing and logistics until 2007, primarily focusing on commercial vehicles. His professional career took him to the USA, Turkey and Japan, where he spent several years. In Japan, he was responsible for purchasing and transport logistics at Mitsubishi Fuso. In 2007 he took over strategic project management for the Mercedes-Benz Atego truck. From 2011 to 2014, he was responsible for global management development at Daimler before moving to Beijing as CFO of Daimler Greater China. He was then responsible for cost controlling at Mercedes-Benz AG. Since May 2020, Deppen has been CEO of Mercedes-Benz do Brazil Ltda. and responsible for the Latin America region of Mercedes-Benz Trucks and Buses.