Donatus Kaufmann

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Donatus Bernhard Kaufmann (born August 11, 1962 in Basel ) is a Swiss manager. From February 1, 2014 to September 30, 2019, Kaufmann was a member of the Executive Board of the industrial and technology group Thyssenkrupp and was responsible for the areas of technology, innovation, digital transformation, sustainability, law and compliance. In addition, he was responsible for the North America and Western Europe regions at the Dax Group.

Education and career

education

Kaufmann studied law, history and political science at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen , Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and the University of Paris IV . In 1987 he graduated as "Licencié d'Histoire" at the Sorbonne. In 1991 he passed the first state examination in Düsseldorf and the second state examination in 1996 in Hamburg and was admitted to the bar. In 1995 Kaufmann received his doctorate in international business law in Hamburg . In 1998 he completed a one-year business administration course at the FernUniversität Hagen in cooperation with Siemens and BMW, and in 2009 he completed an international executive program at the private business school Insead .

Career

Vebacom and o.tel.o
Kaufmann began his professional career in the telecommunications industry in the course of the liberalization and privatization of the German telecommunications market. From 1996 to 1999 he was legal advisor and regulatory advisor at the VEBA subsidiary Vebacom GmbH and o.tel.o communications GmbH & Co., which was created in 1997 through the merger of Vebacom and RWE Telliance .

Esprit Telecom and Global TeleSystems (GTS) In
1999, Kaufmann switched to the British Esprit Telecom Group, which was taken over by the US telecommunications group GobalTeleSystems (GTS) in the same year . The aim of the merger was to expand the position in the European telecommunications market with large business customers and medium-sized companies. Until 2002, Kaufmann was in charge of legal, regulation and contract management at the German GTS subsidiary, Global TeleSystems (Deutschland) GmbH in Düsseldorf. He was also a member of the German management team at GTS. Kaufmann obtained for GTS on the German telecommunications market, which had been liberalized since 1996, against the then dominant Deutsche Telekom from the regulatory authority for telecommunications and post (now the Federal Network Agency ) that the network interconnection and access to the last mile (house connections) for the then young competitors was regulated in a competitive manner. Until then, the interconnection conditions were unilaterally issued by Deutsche Telekom.

Boehringer Ingelheim In
2002, Kaufmann switched to the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim . Until the beginning of 2011 he worked there in various management positions with global responsibility. Among other things, he was Group General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. He also managed the family office of the Boehringer and von Baumbauch families.

Metro AG
In February 2011, Kaufmann became chief lawyer and chief compliance officer of the Metro Group. Among other things, Kaufmann expanded the compliance work there and, against the resistance of the minority shareholder Erich Kellerhals, implemented a new governance structure at the subsidiary Media-Saturn , which secured extensive rights for Metro AG . Most recently, he was Head of Corporate Special Projects and Executive Advisor to the Management Board.

Thyssenkrupp
At the beginning of February 2014, Kaufmann was appointed to the Executive Board by the Thyssenkrupp AG Supervisory Board after a series of corruption and cartel allegations against the group with a focus on law and compliance. He was also responsible for the areas of technology, innovations, digital transformation and sustainability as well as the regions of North America and Western Europe. As part of the upcoming strategic and structural realignment of Thyssenkrupp, Kaufmann left the group on September 30, 2019.

Private

Kaufmann is married, has three children and lives in Krefeld . He is a member of the Corps Bremensia Göttingen and the Corps Palatia Bonn .

Mandates and memberships

Publications

  • Computer and law : "Legal entitlement to access to value-added services within the framework of a network interconnection with the market-dominant network operator", ISSN 0179-1990, year. 14, issue 12, 1998, pages 728-733
  • Company lawyer: "Fair play creates a real competitive advantage", issue 4/2015
  • NJW-Editorial New legal weekly : “A question of attitude”, 68th year, issue 52/2015
  • The company : “Compliance: Entrepreneurial Challenge with Far-reaching Responsibility”, special edition no. 02/2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rescuers in the absence of an alternative. In: Der Spiegel. Online, January 17, 2014 ( spiegel.de ).
  2. ↑ Bloomberg: Company Overview of Thyssenkrupp AG. , accessed on August 2, 2019.
  3. ↑ Thyssenkrupp extends contract with legal director Kaufmann. In: Finance Magazin. May 24, 2016 ( finanzen.net ).
  4. ↑ Bloomberg: Donatus Kaufmann, Member-Mgmt Board, thyssenkrupp AG, accessed in July 2019.
  5. ↑ The exclusive annual congress of the BUJ , January 30, 2019.
  6. ↑ Share Check Online: ThyssenKrupp: Supervisory Board appoints Dr. Donatus Kaufmann to the board of directors, January 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ Esprit Telecom taken over. In: Handelsblatt. December 9, 1998.
  8. ↑ Getfax Broadnet Magazine, Network Interconnection - GTS presents draft counterparty agreement. In: Marketing Börse. September 20, 1999, ISSN  0946-3674 .
  9. ↑ Global Telesystems buys British Esprit Telecom. In: Computerwoche. December 9, 1998 ( computerwoche.de ).
  10. ↑ Telephone companies fear duopoly. In: Handelsblatt. September 23, 1999.
  11. ↑ Alternative interconnection contract. In: Nürtinger Zeitung. Issue 11/99, November 1, 1999.
  12. ↑ With speed to the Internet. In: The Tele Börse. May 4, 2000, pp. 102-103.
  13. ↑ The Telekom competition is in the starting blocks. In: Handelsblatt. No. 104, June 7, 2000.
  14. ↑ Telekom argues with competitors about payment security. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. June 5, 2001.
  15. ↑ RegTP overrules DT on leased line provisioning. In: Communications Week International. August 13, 2001.
  16. ↑ Juve: New chief lawyer at Metro comes from Boehringer Ingelheim. December 22, 2010.
  17. ↑ Metro Group: Kaufmann takes over the management of the legal department. December 22, 2010.
  18. ↑ Judgment does not bring any rest to Media-Saturn. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. , August 9, 2012 ( faz.net ).
  19. ↑ Metro prevails in the power struggle against Saturn In: Welt. August 09, 2012 ( welt.de ).
  20. ↑ Kaufmann takes over the management of the legal department. In: Lebensmittelzeitung. November 7, 2011 ( Lebensmittelzeitung.net ).
  21. ↑ a b Juve: ThyssenKrupp appoints ex-Metro chief lawyer to the Board of Management for Legal and Compliance , January 17, 2014.
  22. ↑ Reuters, People: thyssenkrupp AG (TKAG.DE) , accessed July 2019.
  23. ↑ Disaster made of stainless steel. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. January 17, 2014 ( sueddeutsche.de ).
  24. ↑ Thyssen Krupp boss admits mistakes. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. January 17, 2014 ( faz.net ).
  25. ↑ ThyssenKrupp brings new board member for compliance from Metro. In: Börsen-Zeitung. January 18, 14 boersen-zeitung.de
  26. ↑ Lost Years. In: Manager Magazin. July 2019.
  27. ↑ Chief Compliance Officer Kaufmann leaves Thyssen-Krupp. In: Handelsblatt , August 7, 2019 ( Handelsblatt.com ).
  28. ↑ Legal director Kaufmann leaves Thyssenkrupp. In: Focus Online via dpa , August 7, 2019 ( [1] ).
  29. ↑ Website of the Federal Association of German Industry . V. (BDI), committees accessed in July 2019.
  30. ^ Website AmCham Germany, AmCham Germany strengthens its focus on digitalization and diversity through new personnel accessed in July 2019.
  31. ↑ Website: FIW, Research Institute for Economic Constitution and Competition, accessed in July 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Merchant, Donatus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kaufmann, Donatus Bernhard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss manager
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel