Boss of Mercedes-Benz Cars UK announces retirement

Gary Savage will be retiring from Mercedes-Benz Cars in June next year, with Olivier Reppert named as his replacement.

Savage joined the company in July 2010 and moved to his current role of CEO and managing director of Mercedes-Benz Cars UK in January 2014.

Karl Schregle, head of region Europe, Mercedes-Benz AG, said: “Under Gary’s leadership Mercedes-Benz in the UK has gone from strength to strength over the past 14 years. 

“Gary’s insightful, collaborative approach, partnering with our network, along with his positive leadership of the UK team, enabled us to successfully launch agency (Model D) in the UK in January 2023.”

He continued: “On a personal note, I have always valued the different perspectives that Gary brings to the business. 

“I would like to thank him for his tireless efforts, outstanding contribution and excellent results and wish him a very happy and healthy retirement.”

Reppert (pictured below) will join the UK team from March, having begun his career at Daimler Chrysler as an after sales product manager in 1998 and three years later he moved to DC Overseas in Stuttgart to be a manager for after sales marketing. 

From 2004 to 2008 he directed the dealer network development at MB Schweiz AG.

Returning to Stuttgart, he became responsible for leading the MB regional strategy for China and Russia as part of the global business management and in 2010 he joined the sales department at smart and assumed the leadership for smart Germany in 2013. 

In November 2014, he was promoted to global head of brand, product management and sales at Smart. 

From October 2016 he served as the CEO of Car2go and since February 2019 has been the CEO of Share Now.