Organisation of the CCI for Munich and Upper Bavaria

• CEO of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria since 2019
• CEO of the Bavarian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry since 2019
• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Bavarian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Service GmbH since 2019

Personal Details:

• Date of Birth: August 8, 1966
• Place of Birth: near Ingolstadt, Bavaria
• Nationality: German
• Married, one son

Education:

• 1985-1989 Degree course in business administration at Fachhochschule Regensburg (≈ advanced technical college), graduated Dipl.-Betriebswirt
• 1989-1991 Economics degree at the University of Bremen, graduated Dipl.-Ökonom
• 1992-1994 Ph.D. scholarship at the Bremer Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsforschung e. V.
• 1996 Received Ph.D. in economics (Dr. rer. pol.) (Thesis:“The position of the western European economic area within the global competitive environment”)

Professional Career:

• 1994-1997 Managing Director of the Institute for World Economics and International Management at the University of Bremen
• 1997-2000 Head of Foreign Trade division (from 1999) as Deputy Managing Director; Head of Customer Service Centre and Assistant to the CEO at CCI Nordschwarzwald in Pforzheim

Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Munich and Upper Bavaria:

• 2000-2005 Head of the Western European division as well as of the Euro Info Centre of the CCI and Chamber of Craft Trades for Munich and Upper Bavaria
• 2006-2010 Department Head - Foreign Trade
• since 2008 Deputy CEO
• 2010-2019 Department Head - Central Tasks and General Policy

Bavarian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry:

• 2006-2013 Managing Director
• 2006-2017 Managing Director of the Bavarian Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry Service GmbH

Other non-executive Positions:

• Member of the Supervisory Board of Messe München GmbH
• Member of the Supervisory Board of MGH-Münchner Gewerbehof- und Technologiezentrumsgesellschaft mbH
• Member of the Administrative Board of the LfA Förderbank Bayern
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the IHK Gesellschaft für Informationsverarbeitung mbH
• Member of the Supervisory Board of the IHK Academy Munich and Upper Bavaria
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bayerische EliteAkademie foundation
• Member of the Supervisory Board of Bayern International, the Bavarian Bureau for International Business Relations mbH (until 2021)