Effective April 1, 2009, Marc Langenbrinck will become the new Head of Sales and Marketing smart. In this capacity, he will also be heading the management team of the smart brand. He will succeed Anders-Sundt Jensen, who has been heading the Brand Communications Mercedes-Benz Cars unit since November 1, 2008.

Since joining the company in 1995, Marc Langenbrinck has held a number of senior management positions. For example, from 2000 to 2004, he was a member of the planning staff of the Chairman of the Board of Management. After that, he was active as head of corporate strategy for Sales & Marketing and DaimlerChrysler Services. From 2005 to 2007, Marc Langenbrinck was responsible for managing and reporting on sales-relevant activities as part of the CORE program at Mercedes-Benz Cars. Since April 2007 he has headed the Fleet Sales, Direct Sales and Remarketing unit at Mercedes-Benz Cars.

In his new position, he will be reporting to Anders-Sundt Jensen.