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

