Peter-Josef Paffen awarded Bavarian state medal

This is an award for all Fendtlers," says Peter-Josef Paffen, former Chairman of the Fendt Management Board about the State Medal. "The individual can only set the tone and try to inspire enthusiasm for the brand and product. Success is achieved by the entire team."

Peter-Josef Paffen, who trained as a farmer and studied agricultural engineering, began his career at the company in 1998 with the international coordination of product management in the Research and Development department. A year later, as Director of Fendt Marketing, he took over the management of the then young Marketing Division and joined the Management Board as early as 2000. In March 2009, the Fendt Supervisory Board appointed Peter-Josef Paffen as successor to Fendt Chairman Hermann Merschroth, who passed away unexpectedly. Peter-Josef Paffen thus assumed great responsibility as spokesman for the Board of Management in times of turbulent global economic crisis.

Since 2020, the retired Peter-Josef Paffen has been a member of the Fendt Supervisory Board to support and monitor the Fendt Management Board. As a founding member of the Fendt Classic Club International, he is involved with Fendt classic tractor enthusiasts, among other things. In addition, he has been involved in the Rotary Club Marktoberdorf for many years. An accomplished and professional hunter with his own hunting ground, he is committed to the protection and preservation of species-rich and healthy free-living wildlife and to safeguarding their livelihoods. In this role, he supports farmers in the Ostallgäu region in saving fawns by flying over the grassland with his own drone before mowing.