Vibrant times for MAN Trucks & Bus, which on the eve of Agritechnica announced the appointment of Daniel Strucks as the new head of MAN Engines. On November 1, 2025, Daniel Strucks will take over the position of “Head of MAN Engines” and will be responsible for the engine and components business of MAN Truck & Bus SE.

Daniel Strucks ‘ areas of responsibility

In his role, he bundles strategic and operational responsibilities and leads a seven-person management team at the Nuremberg location with the areas of Strategy & Product, Development, Sales, Finance, Partnerships & Initiatives and Services & Network.

The 46-year-old mechanical engineer has extensive management experience in the commercial vehicle and components industry. In various management positions at MAN Truck & Bus – including Head of Commercial Service Operations in Customer Service and Head of Sales & Customer Solution IT – he has made a significant contribution to business development in customer service and the digitalization of customer-oriented processes.

Even in these roles, there were close interfaces to the engine business, which enabled him to gain in-depth knowledge of MAN Engines’ products, markets and strategic challenges. Strucks gained international expertise as Head of After Sales at MAN Truck & Bus Korea and as Managing Director of Hyva Germany GmbH, a leading global supplier of hydraulic vehicle components.

Strucks succeeds Mikael Lindner, who has held the position of Head of Cluster MEA & CIS at MAN and Managing Director of MAN Truck & Bus Middle East FZE in Dubai since August of this year and was acting head of the MAN Engines business unit in a dual role until the end of October 2025.

Daniel Strucks
Management team of the business unit MAN Engines (from left to right): Peter Lehmeier (Head of Finance MAN Engines), Konstantina Sotiriou (Head of Partnerships & Initiatives MAN Engines), Reiner Rößner (Head of Sales MAN Engines), Werner Kübler (Head of Engineering MAN Engines), Daniel Strucks (Head of MAN Engines), Manuela Weinold (Head of Strategy & Product MAN Engines), Jürgen Haberland (Head of Services & Network MAN Engines)

As Head of MAN Engines, Strucks will report to Friedrich Baumann, Member of the Executive Board for Sales & Customer Solutions at MAN Truck & Bus. “With his extensive experience in the areas of digitalization, after-sales, international business development and component sales, Daniel Strucks will provide decisive impetus for the strategic development and market positioning of MAN Engines,” said Baumann.

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