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Senior Management Changes Announced at Chrysler Group

20 November 2000

Senior Management Changes Announced at Chrysler Group

    *  Theodore (Ted) Cunningham, Executive Vice President Global Sales and
       Marketing Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep(R)/Dodge retires from the company
    *  Kathleen Oswald, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) retires from the
       company
    *  Antonio (Tony) Cervone, Vice President Chrysler Group Communications
       resigns
    *  DaimlerChrysler Appoints Kenneth Levy to senior Chrysler Group
       Communications post

    STUTTGART, Germany and AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 20 DaimlerChrysler today announced a number of senior management changes for the
Chrysler Group.  The announcement follows Friday's announcement of the
DaimlerChrysler Supervisory Board's approval of new management for the
Chrysler Group, including Dieter Zetsche as new President and Chief Executive
Officer (CEO) and Wolfgang Bernhard as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
    Kathleen Oswald, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), has announced her
decision to retire from the company, effective immediately.  The position of
CAO will be discontinued.
    Theodore (Ted) Cunningham, Executive Vice President Global Sales and
Marketing Chrysler/Plymouth/Jeep(R)/Dodge has also announced his intention to
retire from the company, effective immediately.  His successor will be named
at a later date.
    Effective immediately, Antonio (Tony) Cervone, Vice President Chrysler
Group Communications resigns from the senior communications post and is
succeeded by Kenneth A. Levy, who is appointed Vice President - Communications
for the Chrysler Group.
    In this position, Levy will report to Dieter Zetsche, new President and
CEO of the Chrysler Group and to Christoph Walther, Senior Vice President and
Head of DaimlerChrysler Global Communications.  His responsibilities will
include all Chrysler Group Corporate and Product Communications as well as
Internal Communications.
    "Ted Cunningham, Kathy Oswald and Tony Cervone have all made significant
contributions to this company," said Dieter Zetsche, President and CEO of the
Chrysler Group.  "Their talent and experience has been appreciated by the
company and their colleagues -- we thank them and wish them well."
    "I am very pleased that Ken Levy, an experienced and successful
international communications professional, will be joining our company in this
important role at the Chrysler Group," said Dr. Zetsche.
    Biographical information on Kenneth A. Levy is available through Corporate
Media Relations and the company's website.