Manfred Bischoff

Manfred Bischoff is a German businessman who has been the chairman of the supervisory boards of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz.

Early life

Bischoff was born on 22 April 1942 in Calw, Germany. He earned a degree in Economics, and a PhD from Heidelberg University in 1973.

Career

From 2000 until 2007, Bischoff was chairman of EADS.
He was a member of the Daimler supervisory board since 2006, and its chairman from 2007 to 2015. Upon retirement, he was largely credited with the creation of Airbus and EADS by Airbus chairman Denis Ranque.
Bischoff was expected to be replaced by Dieter Zetsche in 2021 until Bernd Pischetsrieder was chosen as his successor instead.

Other activities

Corporate boards

Mercedes-Benz, Member of the Supervisory Board
SMS Group, Member of the Supervisory Board
Airbus, Member of the Board of Directors
Fraport, Member of the Supervisory Board
UniCredit, Independent Member of the Board of Directors
KPN, Member of the Board of Directors
Voith, Member of the Supervisory Board
Nortel, Member of the Board of Directors
Mitsubishi Motors, Member of the Board of Directors
Lagardère Group, Member of the Board of Directors

Non-profit organizations

American Academy in Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees
Deutsche Nationalstiftung, Member of the Senate
German Cancer Research Center, Member of the Advisory Council
Munich Academy of Fine Arts, Member of the Board of Trustees
Trilateral Commission, Member of the European Group
Technical University of Munich, Member of the Board of Trustees

Controversy

In 2007, Bischoff was one of several EADS senior executives who were questioned by French financial regulator AMF as part of an investigation into alleged insider trading. Bischoff was cleared of any wrong-doing by the AMF.