Mr. Rolf Bartke is Chairman of Kuka AG. He was Head of the vans business unit at DaimlerChrysler AG from 1995 to 2006. Previously, he was Mercedes Benz’s Managing Director in the fields of commercial vehicle planning and projects, commercial vehicle development, marketing and sales planning for Unimog and MB-trac. He started his career in 1976 as Managing Director of commercial agents of Unimat GmbH in Düsseldorf. Mr. Bartke holds a PhD in economics from the University of Karlsruhe.