Daimler Financial Services (DCFS USA LLC) Announces Leadership Changes Across the Americas Region

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Jan. 8, 2010 -- Daimler Financial Services has announced the following executive changes to the company in conjunction with the appointment of Klaus Entenmann, formerly President and CEO of the Americas Region, to Chairman of Daimler Financial Services AG in Berlin.

Franz Reiner, formerly head of Mercedes-Benz Financial USA, is the new President and CEO of Daimler Financial Services and becomes a Board of Management Member of Daimler Financial Services AG, responsible for the Americas and reporting to Entenmann.

Richard Howard, formerly Vice President Daimler Truck Financial USA and Regional Head Latin America, is also appointed a Board of Management Member responsible for Region Africa, Asia/Pacific (AAP), effective January 1, 2010, reporting to Entenmann.

In other changes across the Americas Region, the following executives will report to Reiner in their new responsibilities:

  --  Juergen Rochert, formerly Managing Director Daimler Financial Services
      Mexico, will rotate to become Director Daimler Truck Financial USA
      effective January 1, 2010, succeeding Richard Howard.

  --  Dietmar Exler, currently Director Operations Europe and Operations
      Mercedes-Benz Bank AG, will rotate to become Director Mercedes-Benz
      Financial USA effective February 1, 2010, succeeding Reiner.

  --  Yvonne Rosslenbroich, most recently Managing Director Mercedes-Benz
      Financiera Argentina, will be promoted to become Managing Director
      Daimler Financial Services Mexico effective January 1, 2010,
      succeeding Juergen Rochert.

  --  Christian Schueler, most recently Executive Assistant to the Chairman
      of Daimler Financial Services AG, will rotate to become Managing
      Director Mercedes-Benz Financiera Argentina effective January 1, 2010,
      succeeding Yvonne Rosslenbroich.

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