ACEA President

Ola Källenius is the President of the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA).
Ola Källenius has been the CEO of Mercedes-Benz since 2019. Since then, he initiated a fundamental transformation at the world’s most valuable luxury car maker. Next to spinning off the truck business, he decided to prepare his brand to go all-electric and pushes Mercedes-Benz to become carbon-neutral by 2039. Before being appointed as CEO, Ola headed the R&D and the sales divisions, led the AMG performance cars brand and ran the Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The Swedish-German manager joined the three-pointed star in 1993 after graduating from Stockholm School of Economics and University of St. Gallen.