Roland Krueger

Roland Matthias Christian Krueger, (born September 30, 1965), is a Businessman and Industrial Designer. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the Dyson Group of Companies and is currently Board Member of the Dyson family office, Weybourne Holdings, Member of the Supervisory Board of PUMA SE, the german sportswear company  and Member of the Board of ELEMENT Materials Technology, a Temasek owned company..https://www.autonews.com/article/20160607/OEM06/160609897/infiniti-considers-offering-highway-self-driving-on-new-models

 Career 
He began his career as an automotive designer at Mitsubishi Motors and later joined the initial team for the smart car project. After earning an MBA from INSEAD in 1998, he transitioned to management. In 2020, he became the CEO and Board Member of Dyson, having joined the company in 2019.

Before joining Dyson, he was Chairman and Global President of INFINITI Motor Company (the luxury brand of Nissan)and corporate officer of Nissan Motor Corporation from 2015 to 2019. 

Prior to leading INFINITI, he worked at the BMW Group for 15 years. He eventually rose to the role of Senior Vice President within the company.

He joined the supervisory board of Puma SE in 2024  and is Board Member of ELEMENT Materials Technology since 2025..

 Exploration 
Roland is the first German national to ski to the geographic South Pole “solo” across the Antarctic continent in 2013.

In 2017, he was honored by the Explorers Club in New York, USA, for his polar exploration achievements. He's one of the very few people to ski to the geographic South Pole twice without assistance, in 2013 and 2005. He also crossed the Greenland Ice Shield on skis in 2002.

And in 2025 he pioneered a previously unexplored route through the Queen Maud Mountains in East Antarctica.

 Publications 
His book about his Antarctic Expedition has been selected to be in the collection of the German National Library.




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