Jérôme Guillen

After graduating 1993 with a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from E.N.S.T.A., Paris, France Jérôme Guillen got his Masters Degree in Nuclear Engineering from E.T.S.I.I., Madrid, Spain in 1994. After receiving his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Michigan, USA he stated his career at Mc Kinsey & Co. in 1999. In 2002 Jérôme Guillen joined Freightliner LLC, at this time a DaimlerChrysler company. As the General Manager of the Cascadia program he was responsible for the development and introduction of a new generation of Class 8 trucks.

Since October 2007 Jérôme Guillen is responsible for the Business Innovation division of Daimler AG. As the Leader of this recently created department he is reporting directly to the chairman of the board of management. The goal of Business Innovation is to generate additional growth for the group by evolving innovative ideas to emerging businesses. First initiatives made public include for example an innovative carsharing system (car2go) and a young classic initiative.