![]() Member of the Board of DirectorsMember of the Permanent Strategic CommitteeBorn in Calw (Germany), on April 22nd 1942
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| Until March 2009 | Member of the Board of Directors of Nortel (NNC/NNL) |
| 2007 |
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DaimlerChrysIer AG Member of the Managing Board of DaimlerChrysIer AG |
| 2000 – 2007 | Chairman of the Board of European Aeronautic, Defence and Space Company (EADS) |
| 1995 – 2003 | DaimlerChrysIer AG – Member of the Board of Management |
| 1995 – 2000 | DaimlerChrysIer Aerospace AG (DASA) - Chairman and CEO |
| 1989 – 1995 | Deutsche Aerospace (DASA) – Member of Board of Management, with responsibility for Finance and Controlling |
| 1988 – 1989 | Mercedes-Benz do Brasil (São Paulo) – CFO and Member of the Board of Management |
| 1981 – 1988 | Daimler-Benz AG – Vice Chairman overseeing all Sales financing Companies and the financial side of all Corporate Subsidiaries |
| 1976 – 1981 | Daimler-Benz AG – Project coordinator for Mercedes-Benz Cross-Country Cars, Subsidiaries and Merger & Acquisitions department |
| 1968 – 1976 | Alfred-Weber-Institut (Heidelberg) – Assistant Professor for Economic Policy and International Trade |
Studies in Law and Economics – Tübingen and Heidelberg Universities
Master in Economics – Heidelberg University
Ph.D. in Economics – Heidelberg University