In this episode, we talk with someone is leading the transformation of one of the most recognised car companies in the world: Ola Källenius, the CEO of Mercedes-Benz Group. He has spent his entire career working in various depts of the legendary car company, culminating in his appointment to the top role in 2019 – the first non-German national to lead the company.

Over the course of our conversation, he talks openly about his early life in Sweden, his rise through Mercedes-Benz, those early months when he first became CEO and the extraordinary systemic change that the automotive industry is undergoing. 

Episode 11 – Show Notes

21st Century Industrialists is produced by ERT and presented by Robert O'Meara. Interview recorded in Stuttgart by Sebastian Specht.  Production by Janne Joris,  Shalini  van den Langenbergh at Uitgesproken and Stijn Vandeputte  at House of Media. Editing & mixing by Xavier De Clercq & Jordan Hudson at House of Media. Special thanks to Wouter Van Driessche. 

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