President, Unternehmer.nrw

• Born 1955 in Essen
• Studied industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing.
• 1983 to 1990: Head of central order processing at Deutsche Babcock Werke AG
• 1990 to 2020: Managing Partner of the KIRCHHOFF Group
• 2020 to 2023: Chairman of the Advisory Board of the KIRCHHOFF Group
• Since 2023: Chairman of the Supervisory Board for KIRCHHOFF Automotive AG & Co. KG and KIRCHHOFF Ecotec AG & Co. KG
• Vice President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)
• Member of the Presidium of the BDI (Federation of German Industries),
• Vice President of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA), Member of the Presidium of the BDA
• President of Metall NRW, 2014, Member of the Board of Directors of Metall NRW, Düsseldorf
• President of Unternehmer NRW
• Vice President of Gesamtmetall
• President of the Institute of the German Economy, Cologne (IW)
• Chairman of the SME Advisory Board of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Industry, SMEs and Crafts of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
• Member of the Supervisory Board of DEKRA SE
• Member of the Supervisory Board of IKB