Dr. Georg Pachta-Reyhofen was born in 1955 at Munich, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at the Technical University of Vienna, where he gained his Diploma in Engineering in 1981 and his doctorate in technical sciences in 1985. One year later, he joined ÖAF Graf & Stift AG, Vienna – now MAN Sonderfahrzeuge AG – as a project engineer. He later took over as head of truck chassis development and ultimately bus development. In 1996, Dr. Pachta-Reyhofen moved to Turkey with the MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Group, initially as Technical Manager and then, from 1998 onwards, as Technical Director of MAN Nutzfahrzeuge Türkiye. In 1999, he returned to Germany as a manager at MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG's Engine Development centre in Nuremberg.

2001 Dr. Pachta-Reyhofen became a member of the Executive Board at MAN Truck & Bus AG, responsible for Technology and Purchasing. Dr. Georg Pachta-Reyhofen was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board from July 2006.

Since January 1, 2010 he is CEO of MAN SE and of MAN Truck & Bus AG (former MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG)

The Austrian citizen is married and has three children.