2007
 

President/CEO Coal & Minerals GmbH, Düsseldorf
Chairman/Member of numerous Advisory Boards

1997 - 2006
 

Chairman Board of Management,
RAG Coal International AG, Essen

1995 - 1996
 

Member Board of Management,
Rütgers AG Chemical Division, Frankfurt

1976 - 1994

CEO of Rütgers AG/Coal Chemistry

1975

Hispanic studies at the University of Oviedo, Spain

1971 - 1974
 

Internships with the Oilrefining- (Great Britain),
Steel- (South Africa) and Textiles- (Spain) Industries

1968 - 1974

Study of Chemistry, University of Stuttgart, PhD

29 June 1949

born in Luhe/Bavaria