Hans-Peter Keitel
Hans-Peter Keitel (born August 4, 1947 in Kusel ) is a German manager .
Life
education
Born in Kusel in 1947 as the son of a building contractor, Hans-Peter Keitel studied civil engineering , as well as work and economics in Stuttgart and Munich. He received his doctorate in 1975 from the Technical University of Munich on the subject of decision-making aids for the planning of underground traffic routes .
job
After working for a number of years as a project manager and in managerial positions at Lahmeyer International , a technical consulting company, in Germany and abroad, he has been with Hochtief since 1988 . As a director on the board, he was responsible for international business. From 1990 to 2007 Keitel was a member of the Hochtief Executive Board, and from 1992 to 2007 as its chairman. Then he switched to the supervisory board . In 1995 he took part in the Bilderberg Conference in Bürgenstock .
From 2005 to the end of 2012 he was President of the Main Association of the German Construction Industry . On January 1, 2009, Keitel became President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) . For several years he was a member of the international board of the consulting firm Hakluyt & Company .
Keitel is a member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering . He was at times a member of their Senate.
In August 2010, Keitel was one of 40 prominent signatories of the energy policy appeal . This lobbying initiative of the four large German electricity companies ( E.ON , EnBW , RWE and Vattenfall Europe ) called for an extension of the service life of German nuclear power plants . The Bundestag actually extended the terms in October 2010; after the start of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in March 2011, however, he revised this.
At the suggestion of the CDU, Keitel was a member of the 13th Federal Assembly and the 14th Federal Assembly and took part in the elections for the German Federal President on May 23, 2009 and June 30, 2010 , respectively.
Keitel was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA from 2014 to 2019 . His successor is Siegfried Russwurm .
Honors
- 2004: Order of Merit of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2009: LutherRose for social responsibility and entrepreneurship of the International Martin Luther Foundation
- 2011: Cross of Merit 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany
Web links
- Literature by and about Hans-Peter Keitel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Information on Hans-Peter Keitel
- News about the election as BDI President
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Peter Keitel's curriculum vitae on the website of the Federation of German Industries ( Memento from May 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Bilderberg Protocol 1995
- ↑ bauindustrie.de: Press release from December 11, 2012 . Keitel's successor was Ulrich Grillo . See also FAZ.net June 27, 2012: Keitel is leaving his position at the turn of the year
- ↑ Federal Gazette Court. and other announcements Electronic edition of April 2, 2008: Commerzbank AG
- ↑ zeit.de January 11, 2013: How Michael Fuchs got a slouch hat
- ↑ List of members on acatech.de , accessed November 27, 2008, last accessed on July 6, 2019.
- ↑ Russwurm new chairman of the Voith supervisory bodies. Voith Group, accessed on October 17, 2019 .
- ↑ Press release award of the Luther Rose
- ↑ Announcement of awards of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. In: Federal Gazette . Vol. 64, No. 9, January 17, 2012.
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SURNAME | Keitel, Hans-Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th August 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Kusel |