present mandate:
- since march 2014 member of the supervisory board of Knorr Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH in Munich/Germany
terminated mandates:
- September 2017 - May 2022 member of the board of 4PL Central Station in Basel/CH
- February 2015 - March 2022 president of the administration council of Selectron Systems AG in Lyss/CH
- May 2013 - May2020 member of the supervisory board of Knorr Bremse AG Munich
- June 2009 - September 2020 Senior Advisor at Oliver Wyman Consulting GmbH Munich
- February 2016 - April 2019 chairman of the supervisory board of Bombardier Transportation GmbH Berlin
- August 2014 - August 2016 member of the advisory council of Railpool GmbH Munich
- April 2010 - April 2013 member of the administration council of OC Oerlikon AG Pfäffikon/CH
- February 2001 - December 2014 member of the supervisory board of Bochumer Verkehrstechnik GmbH Bochum
since March 2009 independent consultant
- 2004 - 2009 COO (chief operating officer) and deputy CEO of Bombardier Transportation
- 2001 - 2004 president of global division "locomotives and freight" of Bombardier Transportation
- 1999 - 2001 managing director of DWA AG, Berlin
- 1996 - 1999 managing director of ADtranz GmbH, Berlin
- 1994 - 1996 member of the board of ABB Henschel AG, Mannheim
- 1992 -1994 managing director of ABB Henschel Lokomotiven GmbH, Kassel
- 1987 - 1992 head of division ABB Marine, Öl und Gas, Hamburg
- 1981 - 1987 head of region Middle East and french speaking Africa for switchgear/installation export at BBC Mannheim
- 1979 - 1981 head of department "Hydropower-Stations" at BBC Mannheim AG
- 1976 - 1979 head of technical office of BBC AG in Baghdad/Iraq
- 1975 joined BBC AG Mannheim
- 1970 - 1974 study electrical engineering at TU Hannover ( Dipl.-Ing./MA)
- 1967 - 1970 studied physics/mechanical engineering at TU Clausthal
- 1967 Abitur at Gymnasium Georgianum in Lingen/Ems
- born 25.4.1948 in Lingen/Ems
- married, 2 children
- additional studies:
- 1982 Institute for International Studies and Training (IIST Tokyo, Japan)
- 1998 IMD Lausanne
- Auszeichnungen:
- 2009 silver honorable needle of the city of Kassel
- 2009 silver badge of honor of the Republic of Austria
- Hobby: licenced radio amateur DC1OA (see tab "HAM Radio")