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Jan Brecht

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Insight Partners source, reviewed October 8, 2026: Before becoming CTO of Ahold Delhaize in September 2025, Jan served as Global CIO of Nissan Motor Corporation, overseeing IT across all divisions, brands, and markets. He previously held the role of Global CIO at both Mercedes-Benz Group AG and Mercedes-Benz AG, and earlier in his career led IT and logistics at the adidas Group as CIO & Head of Global Supply Chain. Jan had started his career at the former Daimler-Benz AG in 1997. Since 2000, he has held various IT management positions at Daimler in automotive sales, financial services, production, and engineering. Among other tasks, Jan Brecht headed Information Technology Management for the Mercedes Car Group’s production sites in the US, China, Brazil, and South Africa, and was the CIO for Mercedez-Benz Sales and Daimler Financial Services in North and South America. Jan Brecht holds a Master’s degree in Communications Technology from the University of Karlsruhe (Germany). He also received the international “Tripartite” degree from the Universities of Southampton (UK) and ESIEE Paris (France). He is a member of the German National Scholarship Foundations. Jan Brecht is married and has two sons. He enjoys hiking, skiing, and novels of the 20th century.