Ziyad Gaba

Ziyad Gaba is Vice President: Customer Service and Parts at Daimler Truck Middle East Africa from 1 July 2026. Previously in the same role at Daimler Truck Southern Africa for the past five years, the business showed significant growth, including nearly doubling parts sales to over USD125m and leading the successful launch of the Daimler Truck Parts Portal for online Parts purchases. A graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand with a Bachelor of Commerce Honours in Marketing, he joined DaimlerChrysler South Africa in 2004 as a Graduate Trainee. Over more than two decades with the Daimler organization, he has held a variety of leadership positions across Sales, Marketing and Aftersales within the commercial vehicle and truck industry. In 2017, he joined the Daimler Truck Executive Committee in Southern Africa as Head of FUSO Trucks. During this period, he played a key role in launching the FUSO Canter TF range and introducing the FUSO product line sourced from Daimler India Commer