Michael Brecht

Michael Brecht is a member of the Supervisory Board of Daimler Truck Holding AG – Employee Representative, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board and the Presidential Committee, Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee & Chairman of the Central Works Council of Daimler Truck AG. Chairman of the Works Council of the Mercedes-Benz Plant in Gaggenau.

Michael Brecht was born in 1965 in Karlsruhe, Germany. He completed an apprenticeship as automotive fitter at Daimler-Benz in Gaggenau, followed by various continuing education measures, among others as a Refa assistant (Association for Work Design, Company Organisation and Corporate Development). In 2011, in parallel with his job, he completed a part-time study program at the Malik Management Center in St. Gallen with a Master of Management.

From 1981 on, Michael Brecht was active as member of the Gaggenau Youth and Apprenticeship Council and was elected as Chairman of the Central Youth and Apprenticeship Council in 1985. Since 1990, he has been a member of the Works Council body in Gaggenau, where he also took the chair in the year 1998.