Gorden Wagener

Gorden Wagener took over the management of the globally active Design division of Mercedes-Benz in mid-2008. Before that, he was the Director of Strategic Design and Advanced Design at Mercedes-Benz Cars and was involved in developing the current models of the A-, B-, C-, CLK-, CLS-, E-, S-, M- and R-Classes and the SL, SLK and SLR McLaren sports cars as the responsible designer.

Gorden Wagener was born on 3 September 1968 in Essen, Germany. Following his degree in Industrial Design at the University of Essen (1990 - 1993), he attended the Royal College of Art in London where he specialised in Transportation Design. In 1995, he joined Volkswagen AG as an Exterior Designer.

His previous positions within the company include:

• Director Strategic Design, Advanced Design, 2007
• Vice President DaimlerChrysler Research, Engineering and Design North America Inc., 2007
• President of Mercedes-Benz Advanced Design of North America, Inc., 2006
• Head of Department for Exterior/Interior Styling A-/B-/C-/E-/CLK-/CLS-Platform, 2002
• Head of Department Exterior/Interior Styling R-/ML-/GL -Platform, 1999
• Transportation Designer at Mercedes-Benz Design, 1997