Peter Bettermann

Peter Bettermann (born May 29, 1947 in Hagen ) is a German manager . From 1991 to 1994 he was CEO of Deutsche BP AG and from 1994 to 2012 a member of the management team of the Freudenberg Group , of which he was spokesman from 1997 to 2012.

Life

Bettermann was born in Hagen in 1947 as the first of four sons and the older brother of a sister. Born as the son of the lawyer Karl August Bettermann , Bettermann first studied from 1968 to 1972 in Kiel, graduating as a mineralogist . There he received his doctorate in 1976. rer. nat. At the same time he studied law in Kiel and Münster, where he received his Dr. jur. PhD. From 1980 to 1994 Bettermann worked for the BP Group in Germany (Hamburg) and England (London) . In 1994 Bettermann moved to the Freudenberg Group with headquarters in Weinheim, Baden-Württemberg. From 1997 to 2012 he was the first management spokesman who did not belong to the Freudenberg family. In 2013 he received the business medal of the state of Baden-Württemberg .

Peter Bettermann is married and has three sons.

External mandates (2011)

External company mandates

• Chairman of the Supervisory Board of British American Tobacco (Germany) GmbH, Hamburg
• Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wilh. Werhahn KG , Neuss
• Member of the supervisory board of Evonik Industries AG , Essen

Foundation mandates

• Member of the board of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, Essen
• Member of the board of the Hertie Foundation
• Member of the supervisory board of the Hertie School of Governance
• Member of the Board of Trustees of the Japanese-German Center Berlin
• Chairman of the shareholders' meeting of Freudenberg Stiftung GmbH, Weinheim

Other volunteer work

• Chairman of the University Council of Heidelberg University
• Chairman of the Board of Sponsors Science and Practice, Center for European Economic Research , Mannheim

supporting documents

1. ↑ http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/management/koepfe/peter-bettermann-das-ende-einer-aera/6814484.html