At the same time, Thomas Spiering will join the Group Executive Board. Benjamin will report directly to the Executive Vice President Business Sales and Service, Christian Radons. In addition to his regional responsibility, Benjamin will stay in charge of the CLAAS Vertriebsgesellschaft (CVG) which is responsible for Germany, Benelux and Switzerland.
Benjamin joined the CLAAS Group in 2006 holding different positions in Product Management and Product Marketing Tractors, including one stay abroad at CLAAS Tractor in Vélizy (France). In October 2010, Benjamin took over the responsibility for Sales and Marketing of electronic products at CVG. In addition, he assumed the task as Head of Sales Tractors in June 2011. Since March 2017, Benjamin has been successfully acting as Managing Director CVG with responsibility for Sales.