Thomas H. Eckelmann

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Thomas H. Eckelmann (* 1951 ) is chairman of the Eurogate group management together with Michael Blach .

Life

Eckelmann studied business administration at the University of Zurich from 1974 to 1979 , which he completed in Hamburg in 1979 with a degree in business administration. He then held various management positions, including in the finance department of the Hamburgische Landesbank , in the international freight forwarding business with Jacky Maeder in Zurich and in shipping with Brown and Jenkins in London. In 1980 Eckelmann joined the sales department of Eurokai KGaA. Two years later he was appointed to the company's group management, which he became chairman on August 3, 1986. In 1999 he founded the joint venture Eurogate with the BLG Logistics Group .

history

The Eckelmann entrepreneurial family has close ties to the Port of Hamburg. The company founder and his descendants were and are:

  • 1st generation: Cordt Eckelmann (1812–1880)
  • 2nd generation: Carl Johann Lorenz Eckelmann (1847–1900)
  • 3rd generation: Carl Robert Eckelmann (1880–1948)
  • 4th generation: Kurt Eckelmann (1916–1994)
  • 5th generation: Thomas H. Eckelmann (born 1951)
  • 6th generation: Tom Eckelmann (born 1983)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Eckelmann family. Eurokai, accessed April 28, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Eckelmann, Thomas H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH 1951