Change of leadership
Ex-Mercedes manager Nandy joins ABB Robotics
ABB Robotics has appointed Marc-Oliver Nandy as Cluster Manager for the DACH region. Nandy took up his new role on April 1, 2026 and succeeds Martin Kullmann, who held this position ad interim and will in future concentrate fully on his role as Customer Service Manager for the DACH region.
Marc-Oliver Nandy is moving from Mercedes-Benz to ABB Robotics, where he worked for 27 years, most recently as Head of Global Supply Chain Mercedes-Benz Vans. At the same time, he is an Advisory Board Member at the start-ups Zefyron and S2data.
Marc-Oliver Nandy holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Stuttgart and was a research fellow at the University of Tokyo in Japan.
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