DaimlerChrysler's Eckrodt to head MMC

TOKYO, Japan - DaimlerChrysler AG's representative at its partner Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (MMC), Rolf Eckrodt (file photo), will take over the presidency of the Japanese carmaker from Takashi Sonobe, MMC sources said on March 26. Eckrodt, 59, chief operating officer at MMC since January 2001, will succeed Sonobe pending approval by an MMC shareholders' meeting in late June.

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