PInoy Winifredo Camacho is the Designer of E-Class Mercedes Benz

Winifredo Camacho is credited worldwide as the man behind the inspired designs of the Mercedes Benz E Class series. He is currently based in the company's Beijing headquarters where he works as the styling manager in the automobile company''s illustrious design team.

Wini's rise to the elite design team of Mercedes Benz in Stuttgard was a process that began in his homeland, the Philippines. His first job after graduating from the University of Santo Tomas's design program was with the now defunct modern furniture company Mobel Systema. Knowing that furniture design wasn't exactly his passion, Wini moved to Hong Kong where he took on a job designing toys for a company that supplied the world's biggest department stores. All the fun he had designing toy cars was what made him realize his real calling- designing luxury cars for the world's top carmakers.

Wini must have been so good at designing concept cars that right after finishing a design course in California, he was immediately spotted by Mercedes Benz and recruited to join the German company's legendary design team. The rest is history for Wini, and in our case, national history, as Camacho is currently the only major Filipino car designer in the world and the only Filipino in the elite Mercedes-Benz design team.

Wini is currently in Manila for an  upcoming Design Talks at Ayala Museum on January 7,  2012, 3 p.m.

The homegrown talent will talk about his ride to the top, from his beginnings at the Industrial Design department of the University of Santo Tomas, and his entry to furniture and toy design before establishing a career in the lavish automobile industry.