Peter Meyer (entrepreneur)
Peter Meyer (born July 27, 1949 in Wiedenbrück ) is a German manager. From 2001 to 2014 he was President of the General German Automobile Club (ADAC).
life and career
Peter Meyer grew up in Wiedenbrück. He passed the technical diploma and completed his training as a forwarding and shipping clerk. The degree in business administration took place in Bremen.
After completing his studies, Peter Meyer worked in the business administration department at Rhenus AG . In 1977 he started his own business in the forwarding business and built up several companies across Germany. In addition to a freight forwarding company, Meyer also owns an automobile company and works as a management consultant in the transport sector.
Meyer is also a member of the Federal Transport Policy Commission of the CDU Economic Council .
Peter Meyer has been married since 1975, has his main residence in Mülheim an der Ruhr and also has an apartment in Switzerland. He has two grown children.
Working in the ADAC
Peter Meyer joined the club in 1970. Since 1997 he has been a member of the board of directors of ADAC -Nordrhein, whose chairman he has been since 2006. In 2001 he prevailed against the chairman of ADAC Hansa, Rolf-Peter Rocke, in a runoff election for the full ADAC presidency. In May 2013 he was elected (unopposed) for another four years as ADAC president. He was also chairman of the supervisory board of ADAC car insurance.
By the end of 2012, the club grew from 14.3 million members (2001) to 18.55 million members during its tenure.
According to ADAC, it was Meyer's initiative to equip all road patrol vehicles with laptops , which enables faster and more reliable breakdown diagnosis. Meyer also promoted the ADAC EcoTest , with which the club tests the environmental behavior of vehicles.
The ADAC also points out that it was Meyer who brought the ADAC foundation "Gelber Engel" into being. The foundation supports both accident victims and institutions active in accident research. Meyer is chairman of the foundation's board of trustees.
As a result of the scandal surrounding the manipulation of the ADAC car award “Gelber Engel”, Meyer resigned on February 10, 2014. Meyer is still chairman of the ADAC regional club North Rhine.
criticism
The Manager magazine in its issue 8/2004, Meyer is one who knows that the ADAC modern and professional needs. Right at the beginning of his term of office, he commissioned a management consultancy to carry out the analysis. The following profound suggestions for improvement for organization, strategy and individual departments were still in the drawer (at least until the magazine report 2004). The magazine report implied Meyer that he was not a revolutionary and did not dare to approach the encrusted organization of the ADAC.
Volunteering
Meyer co-founded the Mülheim initiative for climate protection and is a member of its board. The initiative claims, among other things, to bundle climate protection activities in Mülheim an der Ruhr, to involve citizens and to create transparency. Left parties from Mülheim had criticized the founding of the initiative because the structures were hierarchical and the goals were opaque.
According to ADAC information, Meyer is also involved in the Mülheim / Ruhr-Hellweg Lions Club .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ ADAC President Peter Meyer turns 60 , article on adachansa.de
- ↑ Peter Meyer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- ^ A b Peter Meyer: In the service of mobility , article on welt.de from March 5, 2005
- ↑ Article in the magazine € uro, edition 02/2012, pp. 12-13, here p. 13
- ^ Peter Meyer, President of the ADAC , article onwirtschaftsclub-duesseldorf.de
- ↑ President of the ADAC ( Memento of the original from October 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Compilation on adac.de
- ^ ADAC President Meyer resigns
- ↑ CONTENTS Issue 8/2004 Die Straßenmmacht (manager magazin 8/2004 of July 23, 2004, p. 30) ISSN 0047-5726
- ^ Statutes of the Mülheim Initiative for Climate Protection ( Memento from June 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Speech on the Mülheim climate protection initiative ( memento from September 19, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ) by the Ruhr voters' initiative on May 4, 2008
- ↑ "elitist Central Committee of the climate killer" article on dielinke-muelheim-ruhr.de, September 30, 2008
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meyer, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and President of the ADAC |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 27, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiedenbrück |