President, Dortmund Chamber of Crafts & West German Chamber of Crafts Association

• Born 1960 in Hamm
• 1978-1981: Apprenticeship as a carpenter at Kaldewei, Hamm
• 1985: Master carpenter examination
• 2008: Examination as a building energy consultant in the trade
• Since 1991: Managing Director of Georg Schröder Schreinerei und Holzbau GmbH, Hamm
• 1999 to 2014: Deputy head master of the Hamm carpentry guild
• 2009 to 2014: Vice President (Employer) of the Dortmund Chamber of Crafts
• Since November 2014: President of the HWK Dortmund
• 2016 to 2021: Vice-President (Employer) of the West German Chamber of Skilled Crafts (WHKT)
• 2018 to 2021: Chairman of the State Trade Promotion Agency of the North Rhine-Westphalian Skilled Crafts (LGH)
• Since October 2021: President of the Association of West German Chambers of Skilled Crafts (WHKT)

• Since 2004: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Spar- und Darlehenskasse Bockum-Hövel e.G.
• Since 2009: Member of the Crafts Council of HANDWERK.NRW (formerly NWHT)
• 2012-2021: Member of the Board of Trustees of the Westfaleninitiative Foundation, Münster
• Since 2015: Member of the Board of HANDWERK.NRW
• Since 2017: Chairman of the Economic Policy Committee of HANDWERK.NRW
• Since 2018: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Handwerksbau AG
• Since 2019: Member of the Board of Trustees of Kommende Dortmund
• Since 2019: Member of the Executive Committee of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)