WILFRIED PORTH

Wilfried Porth is Rantum’s Industrial Partner for the automotive industry as well as the engineering and machine making industries. Wilfried Porth graduated in engineering at the University of Stuttgart. He then joined Daimler where he held various leading management positions, including Head of the transporter business unit as well as CEO of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus in Japan. From 2009 to 2021, Wilfried Porth served as member of the executive board of Daimler AG. Amongst his responsibilities were human resources and international procurement services. Until 2022 he served in parallel as Chairman of the important German industry association Südwestmetall, comprising many engineering and automotive companies in the South-West of Germany.