Werner Spinner

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Werner Spinner at the reception for 1. FC Cologne in Cologne City Hall in 2014

Werner Spinner (born October 30, 1948 in Cologne ) is a German manager . From April 2012 to March 6, 2019 he was President of 1. FC Köln . From 1998 to 2003 he was a member of the Board of Management of Bayer AG .

Life

After finishing school in Cologne, he studied business administration at the University of Cologne .

From 1974 he worked for Bayer AG and spent several years at the US subsidiary Miles Inc. in the 1980s and 1990s . He held various positions in marketing and sales in the Group's health department. In 1994 he was promoted to head of what was then the Consumer Care division . In 1998 he was promoted to a board member responsible for marketing, regions (especially Asia) and services . In 2003 he left there for personal reasons.

Spinner had previously taken over the foreign trade committee of the Federation of German Industries in 2001 . In 2002 Spinner took over the chairmanship of the Japan Initiative of German Business from Hans-Olaf Henkel . Three years later he handed over the office to Bernhard Scheuble .

In April 2012, Spinner was elected President of 1. FC Köln. He was re-elected in 2014 and confirmed in office for another three years in 2016. On March 6, 2019, Spinner resigned prematurely from his post. This was preceded by an internal power struggle with sports director Armin Veh .

Spinner has served on the boards of several companies, including that of Altana .

Web links

Commons : Werner Spinner  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bayer - Five is one too many . In: Manager Magazin Online of February 24, 2003 (accessed April 24, 2012)
  2. ^ President Werner Spinner , website of 1. FC Cologne
  3. ↑ AUMA Announcements 2001: Werner Spinner heads the BDI Foreign Trade Committee ( memento from July 31, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), accessed on May 6, 2012.
  4. ↑ Press portal: Werner Spinner new chairman of the Japan Initiative of German Business , accessed on May 6, 2012.
  5. ↑ Verbaende.com Change in the chairmanship of the Japan Initiative , accessed on May 6, 2012.
  6. ↑ Werner Spinner resigns as president of 1. FC Köln WDR online, March 6, 2019
  7. ↑ Supervisory Board , Altana.de (status and accessed April 20, 2012)
personal data
SURNAME Spinner, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager and football official
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne