Nationality:

German

Date of Birth:

June 14, 1940

1960:

High School Diploma („Abitur“), Tegernsee/Upper Bavaria

1960 - 1962:

Military service German armed forces, reserve First lieutenant

1967:

Diploma in Political Science from Free University Berlin.
Majored in Political Science,
Contemporary History and International Law

1968 - 1970:

Assistant Professor at Otto-Suhr-Institute, Free University Berlin

1970 - 1972:

Head of the International Policy and Intra-German Relations Group at the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Federal Headquarters, Bonn

1972 - 1976:

Executive Ministerial Counsellor to the Prime Minister Rhineland-Palatinate State Chancellery

1977 - 1982:

Chief of Staff of the Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Bonn

1982 - 1990:

Ministerial Director at the Federal Chancellery, Head of the Directorate-General for Foreign and Intra-German Relations, Development Policy, External Security

1983 - 1990:

Deputy Chief of Staff of the Federal Chancellery

1991 - 1992:

CEO of the Bertelsmann Foundation

1993 - 2000:

Member of the Board of Management of BMW Group, Economic and Governmental Affairs (Public Affairs)

1993 - 2003:

Chairman of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt

2000 - 2003:

Representative of the Board of Management of BMW for Central- and Eastern Europe, Asia and Middle East

2003 - 2006:

President Boeing Germany

1991 - 2003:

Member of the German-Japanese Dialogue Forum (an inter-governmental institution)

1992 - 2003:

Member of the German-Indian Consultative Group (an inter-governmental institution)

1992 - 2002:

Honorary Consul General of the Republic of India for Bavaria and Thuringia

since 1999:

Chairman of the Munich Conference on Security Policy

1994 - 2003:

Chairman of the German-Chinese Steering Committee for Infra-Structure-Projects

2000 - 2007:

Member of the University Council of the Munich Academy of Arts

since 2000:

Member of the International Advisory Board of the Council on Foreign Relations, New York
Member of the Senat of the “Deutsche Nationalstiftung” (Founder: Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt)
Member of the Presidium of the German Council on Foreign Relations
Member of the SWP Council of German Institute for International and Security Affairs
Member of the Presidiumof the “Wirtschaftsbeirat der Union”

1991:

Honorary Doctorate of the University of Budapest

1997:

Honorary Doctorate of the Sogang University, Seoul

1993 - 2003:

President of the Society of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Chief Conductor James Levine)
Member of Supervisory Boards and International Advisory Boards of several German, British and American Companies

1996 - 2007:

Lecturer at the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at Technische Universität Munich

since 2002:

President of the German-Israelian Business Society (DIW)

2003:

Honorary Professor at Technical University Munich, Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences

2005:

SCOPUS Award of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem