Jürgen R. THUMANN President, BUSINESSEUROPE, Brussels
CV
| 1960 | Business Administration degree in import export training; General Partner, Thumann Stahl-Service Center in Schwelm |
| 1966 | Hille & Müller Group, Düsseldorf, CEO and Managing Partner |
| 1975 | General Partner and Chairman of the Managing Board, Hille & Müller Group, an international strip steel manufacturer |
| 1978 | Founded Heitkamp & Thumann KG, Düsseldorf, General Partner of the holding. |
| Heitkamp & Thumann is a group of 21 medium-sized enterprises with approx. 2,300 employees in Europe, Asia and North America. The Group is a leading global partner for the supply of world | |
| class precision formed components in both metal and plastic | |
| 1991-2005 | President of the Federation of Steel and Metal Processing Industries (WSM) |
| since 1991 | Member of the BDI Presidential Board |
| 1998 | Resignation as General Partner of the Heitkamp & Thumann KG; since then: Chair of the Shareholders` Committee |
| 2000-2005 | Chairman of the BDI Committee for Competition Policy |
| 2001-2005 | President of the German Equestrian Federation (FN) |
| 2005-2008 | President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) |
| since 2008 | Co-Chair of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD) |
| since 2009 | President of BUSINESSEUROPE; Vice President BDI; Shareholder and Chair of the Supervisory Board of Heitkamp BauHolding GmbH, Herne |
Mitgliedschaften
| Chairman and member of a number of supervisory boards, advisory committees and boards of trustees |
