Elected until: 2028. Member since: 2024. Nationality: German.
Pia Simon was born in Waiblingen in 1971. She completed her studies in Technical Business Administration at the University of Stuttgart in 1997, earning a degree in Business Administration.
Pia Simon began her career at a trainee program at the MARS Group. She then worked as a business planning consultant at IBM before joining Daimler AG in 1999 as a purchaser in the passenger car production material purchasing department. In 2002, she took on the role of project manager for gasoline engine materials. In 2005, Pia Simon moved to Mercedes-Benz France, where she took over the management of the purchasing department. After returning to Headquarters in Stuttgart, she led the Integrity Program from 2012 until 2016, where she expanded her responsibility and led the entire Integrity Management department in the current Integrity, Governance, and Sustainability division. Since 2022, she has also taken on the additional field of Corporate Responsibility.
In 2022, Pia Simon was elected to the Management Representatives Committee at Headquarters. In May 2024, she took over the chairmanship of the Management Representatives Committee of Mercedes-Benz Group AG.
Pia Simon was involved in the "Leadership 2020" initiative launched in 2016 to promote cultural change and actively contributed to its content as a member of the core group. In 2021, she successfully completed a qualification as a Transformation Coach.
Pia Simon is a member of the following other legally mandatory supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies:
- Mercedes-Benz AG (group mandate)