Trained freight forwarder.

Positions held within the Kuehne + Nagel Group

1971 – 1985: Head of Seafreight Import, Bremen, Germany

1985 – 1990: Regional Director Seafreight Asia Pacific, Hong Kong

1990 – 1995: Member of the German Management Board, responsible for seafreight and industrial packing

1995 – 1999: President and Chief Executive Officer of Kuehne + Nagel Ltd., Canada

1999 – 2008: Chief Operating Officer (COO) Sea & Air Logistics of the Group

2007 - 2008:  Deputy CEO

2009 - today:  Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Group; Chairman of the Management Board of KNI