Jan Brecht currently serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Mercedes-Benz AG, with a global responsibility for IT across all divisions, brands and markets.

Prior to assuming this position, he worked for the adidas Group from 2009 to 2015, most recently as CIO & Head of Global Supply Chain, combining the IT and logistics responsibilities.

Jan had started his career at the former Daimler-Benz AG in 1997. Since 2000, he has held various IT management positions at Daimler in automotive sales, financial services, production, and engineering. Among other tasks, Jan Brecht headed Information Technology Management for the Mercedes Car Group’s production sites in the US, China, Brazil, and South Africa, and was the CIO for Mercedez-Benz Sales and Daimler Financial Services in North and South America.

Jan Brecht holds a Master’s degree in Communications Technology from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany). He also received the international “Tripartite” degree from the Universities of Southampton (UK) and ESIEE Paris (France). He is a member of the German National Scholarship Foundations.

Jan Brecht is married and has two sons. He enjoys hiking, skiing, and novels of the 20th century.