The board of management at Daimler AG has appointed Martin Jaeger as the new head of global external affairs and public policy.

Mr Jaeger is currently Foreign Office spokesman for the German government in Berlin and will take up his new role on September 1st 2008 replacing Robert Liberatore who left the company in March.

The role will see Mr Jaeger responsible for the firm’s global relations with governments and other political and civil organisations and he will report to Dr Dieter Zetsche, chairman of the board.

After beginning his career as a freelance journalist, he joined the German Foreign Office and held a number of posts including his role as a speech writer for the Federal Minister.

He has also been responsible for press relations for the head of the Federal Chancellery and has been in his role as a spokesman for the Foreign Office since 2005.

Dr Dieter Spoeri has been filling in the role after the departure of Mr Liberatore in March.

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