Our Leadership

Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Jürgen Heraeus was born in Hanau, Germany in 1936. He studied business administration at the University of Munich, earning his PhD in 1963. He lived in the USA for nearly two years and worked for a variety of Heraeus subsidiaries before his appointment to the Board of Management of W. C. Heraeus GmbH in 1970.

Dr. Heraeus subsequently became Chief Executive Officer of Heraeus Holding GmbH. He has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heraeus Holding GmbH and Chairman of the Shareholders Committee since January 2000.

Dr. Heraeus is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Messer Group GmbH, as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of Hauck & Aufhäuser Privatbankiers KGaA. He also served as chairman of the supervisory board of GEA Group AG, an MDAX-listed company, until April of this year.

Dr. Heraeus will chair the Business 20 (B20) business summit during the German presidency starting in September. Additionally, he is Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Deutsche Private Equity GmbH, and serves as honorary Chairman of the German United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and Chairman of the Kathinka Platzhoff Foundation.

Dr. Jürgen Heraeus from September 4th on represents the global business community in the G20 process as B20 Chairman.

As the father of five daughters, Dr. Jürgen Heraeus is particularly interested in educational policy.

Curriculum Vitae

Dieter Kempf was born in Munich in 1953.

After studying business administration from 1973 to 1978 in Munich, he worked at Arthur & Young (now Ernst & Young) from 1978 to 1991, becoming a partner in 1989.

He then joined Datev in Nuremberg in 1991 as a Board Member, responsible for product and software development. From 1992 onwards, he served as Deputy Chairman of the Board. In 1996, he became Chairman, a position he held until March 2016. During Kempf’s time at Datev, the company grew to one of Europe’s largest IT service providers.

From 2011 to 2015, Kempf served as President of BDI’s member association Bitkom (Federal Association for Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media). During this time, he was also Vice President of the BDI.

Dieter Kempf was unanimously elected President of BDI as of January 2017.

In addition, Kempf serves on various supervisory boards and advisory boards. He was made honorary professor of Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg in 2005.

Curriculum Vitae

July 24th 1965
Born in Ipoh/ Malaysia

1984 – 1987
Business studies at Freie Universität (FU) in Berlin

1990
Doctorate in political science (Dr. rer. pol.). at FU in Berlin
 
1990 - 1993
Member of Board of Managers, ALBA AG responsible for development and activities in the new German States (Neue Bundesländer)
 
Since 1993
Member of the Board, ALBA Group Management Company (since January 2011 ALBA Group plc & Co. KG); since October 2011 CEO of ALBA Group plc & Co. KG
 
1994 – 2006
Member of Advisory Board, BDE (Federation of the  German Waste Management Industry); 2003 – 2006     BDE Vice-President 

1999 – 2003
FEAD Vice-President (European Federation of Waste Management and Environmental Services)

June 2004 – March 2016
President of IHK Berlin (Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry)

Since March 2013
President of the DIHK (Deutscher Industrie- und Handelskammertag, the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry)

More mandates
Member of Advisory Council, Berlin Partner GmbH
Chairman, ESCP Europe - International School of Management
Member of the Board, James Simon Stiftung 

Curriculum Vitae

Born on 25 January 1953 in Bremerhaven, married, four children

since 18 November 2013
President of the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände (BDA)

1979
Technical University Karlsruhe Degree in Industrial Engineering 

1980/81
Mannesmann Demag AG, Duisburg 

since 1982
J. Heinr. Kramer Group, Bremerhaven Managing Director

1987 - 1992
Bremerhaven City Council Leader of FDP Group 

1996 - 2002
Bremerhaven Chamber of Commerce and Industry and President 2012 - 2013

since 2001
Jacobs University Bremen 
Member of the Board of Governors

2002 - 2016
Coalition of Employer Associations in the Land of Bremen Presiden

since 2003
Confederation of German Employers’ Associations Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände
Member of Presidential Board 

since 2004
Cologne Institute for Economic Research - Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft Köln Vice-President

2007 - 2013
Employer Association Nordmetall President

2008 - 2014
Federation of German Employers’ Associations in the Metal and Electrical Engineering Industries  - Gesamtmetall Treasurer

since 2010
Foundation of German Business - Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft Chairman of Executive Board

since 2010
German Maritime Search and Rescue Service - Deutsche Gesellschaft zur Rettung Schiffbrüchiger Member of Executive Board

2011 - 2013
Confederation of German Employers’ Associations Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände Vice-President

since 2015
BUSINESSEUROPE, Vice-President