- Renata Jungo Brüngger to be new Board of Management Member for Integrity and Legal Affairs
- Appointed until December 31, 2018
In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG appointed Renata Jungo Brüngger (54) to the Board of Management with effect as of January 1, 2016. She will take over responsibility for Integrity and Legal Affairs, thus succeeding to Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt. The appointment of Renata Jungo Brüngger is effective until December 31, 2018.
“With Renata Jungo Brüngger, an experienced Daimler lawyer will become a member of the Board of Management. At the same time, this will make the Board of Management younger and more international. Renata Jungo Brüngger is a proven expert in international commercial law; her outstanding expertise is the result of 25 years of experience as a lawyer and attorney in several internationally active companies. With her competence, Renata Jungo Brüngger will make a major contribution to the further development of Daimler’s high standards in the fields of integrity, compliance and legal affairs,” stated Dr. Manfred Bischoff, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG.
Renata Jungo Brüngger was born on August 7,1961, and is a Swiss citizen. After completing her bilingual studies of jurisprudence at the University of Fribourg in Switzerland in 1985, she became a licensed attorney-at-law in 1989. While working as a lawyer, she attended an additional course of studies at the University of Zurich and gained a Master of Laws (LL.M.) in international commercial law, specializing in intellectual property rights and technology and information rights, in 1998.
Since November 1, 2011, Renata Jungo Brüngger has been Head of Legal at Daimler AG. Before that, she was General Counsel Corporate EMEA and Vice President/General Counsel Emerson Process Management EMEA at Emerson Electric in Switzerland. From 1995 until 2000, she was a director in the legal department at Metro Holding AG, Switzerland. From 1990 until 1994, she worked as lawyer at law firm Bär & Karrer, Zürich. Before that, she was a legal advisor at Bank Clariden Leu in Zürich.
