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SZ Economic Summit 2018
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Dear ladies and gentlemen, 3
Editorial
I would be delighted to see you in Berlin in Novem- Peter Altmaier, State Minister for Digital Affairs
ber at the 12th Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Dorothee Bär, Chancellery Minister Helge Braun,
Zeitung. If you have been our guest before, you Minister for Family Affairs Franziska Giffey, Interi-
know that we meet at the Hotel Adlon to discuss or Minister Horst Seehofer and Transport Minister
current events in politics and business with mana- Andreas Scheuer.
gers and entrepreneurs, politicians and scholars The Chancellor will be our guest for the fifth time.
as well as other personalities from Germany and She will hold the dinner speech at the highlight of
abroad. the SZ Economic Summit, the Night of the Euro-
This year‘s motto of our summit is: “Building trust“ pean Economy at the German Historical Museum.
Wherever you look: The trust of many people is Afterwards, I will have a subsequent chat with her
dwindling – in politics and in those who shape it on stage, which will not only be devoted to current
decisively; in our economic system and free world issues.
trade. In the past, most people were convinced We are also presently in contact with foreign
that they would be better off in the future; today heads of government; many presidents, prime mi-
diffuse fears of the future, of losing jobs, prosperi- nisters and important officials have already spo-
ty and security are spreading. This has a lot to do ken and participated in the discussions at the SZ
with the fact that we live in a time of major change. economic summits in recent years. Jüri Ratas, the
What seemed safe just ten or fifteen years ago is Prime Minister of Estonia, has already agreed to
no longer so today. join us in 2018. This means the prime minister of
This crisis of trust is accompanied by the enor- a country from which Germany can learn a lot in
mous upheavals we are currently experiencing: terms of digitisation.
the political upheavals in Washington, Rome and We are maintaining the concept of our economic
– in some respects also in Germany; with the tech- summit: We do not want to stage a large-scale
nological upheavals caused by big data and artifi- event, but rather offer a forum for discussion, re-
cial intelligence, autonomous driving and robots; flection and exchange. Two festive dinners with a
but also with China‘s rise, Europe‘s self-doubt, the programme round off the offer.
isolationism of the USA. As editor-in-chief of Süddeutsche Zeitung, the
We want to discuss these momentous changes highest-circulation quality newspaper with natio-
with you. nal distribution in Germany, I would be very ple-
Once again, we expect more than 60 top-class ased if you could be there for one day or for the
speakers, including the heads of global compa- entire three days, just as your schedule permits.
nies such as Siemens, Axa and Deutsche Bank
– but also more politicians than ever. The eco-
nomic summit will be opened by Jean-Claude
Juncker, President of the European Commission.
Eight members of the Federal Cabinet have also
pledged attendance: Chancellor Angela Merkel,
Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economics Minister Kurt Kister
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Ten reasons why you should be part of it: our highlights
• Three congress days with a variety of formats, exciting people and many
opportunities for networking
• No long-winded speeches – controversial discussions instead
• Relaxed kick-off on Sunday evening at the Factory Berlin
• Opening Speech by EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker
• Talk evening in the Adlon Ballroom on Friday with guests from culture and
sports
• Night of the European Economy at the German Historical Museum on
Tuesday with a dinner speech delivered by Chancellor Angela Merkel
• More than 60 international top speakers from business, politics, science
• A unique atmosphere at one of the best hotels of the world
• Our participants: meet more than 400 top representatives of the German
and international business world
• Flexible possibilities of participation: book the conference for three days or
shorter – whatever your schedule permits
Register now at:
www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de/en/anmeldung
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Germany’s major Economic Summit: meet entrepreneurs, politicians and networkers The SZ Economic Summit is a forum for the major debates being held in Germany and Europe. We will discuss current global and regional challenges, digitisation and innovation, policy choices, current events and what they mean for business leadership.
SZ Economic Summit 2018 Three compact days in the German capital: discuss what moves the economy At the Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Zeitung, panel discussions are just as important as fringe discussions – during the breaks, over lunch and at the evening events. Have a discussion with the other conference participants and benefit directly from their experience, maintain your networks and establish new contacts. The congress brings together people from the most varied walks of life, representatives of large corporations just as successful family entrepreneurs and rising founders of start-ups.
SZ Economic Summit 2018 More than a congress: Enjoy exclusive evenings at special locations If you are also interested in questions beyond the economy, then the Economic Summit of Süddeutsche Zeitung is the place to be. Just as the Süddeutsche Zeitung daily offers you more than the business pages, our congress offers more than only debates on economic issues at the evening events, for the first time at the German Historical Museum this year.
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The programme
The programme
* Subject to change prior to the start of the congress.
Information on the confirmation of further speakers and the updated
programme will be provided on www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de/en/,
where you can also subscribe to our newsletter.Sunday
11th November 2018
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The programme
17.00 Registration of the participants at the Hotel Adlon
(possible at any time also on the other days of the
congress)
from Welcome-Night Julian Nida-Rümelin /
19.30 For the congress kick-off, we invite our participants, Professor of Philosophy
especially all those who are taking part for the first
time, to join us at the Factory Berlin, to get to
know the moderators and the speakers and to forge
first contacts. With our guest Julian Nida-Rümelin,
we are going to discuss whether digitisation is de-
stroying our future.
Factory Berlin
Rheinsberger Straße 76/77, 10115 BerlinMonday
12th November 2018
11.00 Introduction to the congress Marc Beise, Ulrich Schäfer /
Süddeutsche Zeitung
11.10 Welcome Kurt Kister /
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The programme
11.15 Opening address plus Q&A: Jean-Claude Juncker /
Where is Europe headed? President of the EU Commission
11.45 Panel 1: Europe and its champions Charles-Édouard Bouée /
• Trump, China, Silicon Valley: Roland Berger
Where are the greatest threats lurking? Thomas Buberl / AXA
• How to handle protectionism? Markus Haas / Telefónica
• How do we build new European champions? Gillian Tans / Booking.com
12.30 Cross-examination Christian Sewing /
Deutsche Bank
13.00 Lunch break
14.15 Cross-examination Horst Seehofer / Federal
Minister of the Interior
14.45 Panel 2: What will become of Germany? Ann-Kristin Achleitner /
• Is the government on the right course? TU München
• Is it doing enough for growth, jobs and innovation? Frank Bsirske / ver.di
• What reforms need to be tackled? Joe Kaeser / Siemens
Wolfgang Langhoff / BP
Christoph M. Schmidt /
Economic advisor
15.45 Coffee break16.15 Panel 3: Does social market economy still work? Thilo Bode / foodwatch
• Why is our economic system losing in support? Katja Kipping /
• How can trust in the social market economy be Chairwoman Die Linke
regained? Achim Wambach / ZEW
• What would Ludwig Erhard do today? 15
The programme
17.00 Speed-Dating: Pioneers of change Jochen Engert / FlixMobility
• Four founders, four successs stories Katharina Kreitz / Vectoflow
seven minutes each Stephan Schambach / NewStore
• What are the secrets of their success? Günther Schuh / e.GO Mobile
• What can others learn
17.30 Cross-examination: Diesel, banks, food: Klaus Müller / vzbv
How much consumer protection is required?
18.00 End of the first congress day
19.30 Reception in the foyer of the Ballroom
20.00 Dinner and talk evening
with top-notch guests from
in the Ballroom of the Hotel Adlon
culture, film and sports, with
Lisa Blumenberg / producer (e.g.
Bad Banks) and Birgit Fischer /
27fold canoeing world champion
and Germany’s most successful
Olympic medallist
presented byTuesday
13th November 2018
9.00 Keynote plus Q&A: Germany’s opportunities Dorothee Bär / Secretary of
in digitisation State for Digital Affairs
9.30 Panel 4: Data protection and data security – what can Marit Hansen /
16 companies do? Date Protection Officer
• Cybersecurity: a task for experts – and for the company Schleswig-Holstein
The programme
executives Yvonne Hofstetter /
• Best Practice: how to protect against attacks TERAMARK Technologies
• GDPR: sensible or a bureaucratic monster? Paul Kaffsack / Myra
Security
10.15 Mixed doubles: Humility and care – the manager as a role Valerie Holsboer /
model Federal Employment Agency
• Are the times of an authoritarian boss over? Jochen Schweizer / Jochen
• What soft skills do managers need instead? Schweizer Group
• How can executives take their staff on board better?
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Panel 5: How intelligent robots change our life and work Frederik Brantner /
• What can robots and cobots do – and what not? Magazino
• How can humans and machines work together? Pascale Ehrenfreund /
• What will robots be able to do in a few years, also German Aerospace Centre
thanks to artificial intelligence? Till Reuter / Kuka
and three robots
12.00 Dispute: Human or machine – are we running out of work? Markus Gabriel / philosopher
• Do we have to be afraid of clever machines? Gesche Joost /
• Will humans be pushed aside at the end? Berlin University of the Arts
• How can we adapt to the new technology?
12.30 Lunch break
14.00 Cross-examination Olaf Scholz /
Federal Minister of Finance14.30 Digital Europe: three countries and their vision Ana Brnabic´ / Prime Minister
• How do they drive digitisation? of Serbia
• What have they achieved, what are the heading for? Jüri Ratas / Prime Minister
• What can Germany learn from them? of Estonia and others
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15.45 Coffee break
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16.15 Introductory presentation Andreas Scheuer / Federal
Transport Minister
16.30 Panel 6: Air taxi or e-car – the future of networked mobility Stefan Krause / EVELOZCITY
• How do Big Data and new types of drive change transport? Felix Kuhnert / PwC
• What forms of transport have the greatest potential? Andreas Scheuer / Federal
• Are the German manufacturers losing ground? Transport Minister
17.15 Panel 7: The blockchain revolution – an opportunity for Helge Braun /
companies? Head of the Chancellery &
• What can crypto-technology offer – and what not? Federal Minister for Special
• Industry, banks, logistics: how companies are using Affairs
blockchain already today Gilbert Fridgen /
• How can Germany become the leading blockchain nation? Fraunhofer FIT
Claudia Otto / COT Legal
Dominik Schiener / IOTA
18.00 End of the second congress day
19.00 Reception at the German Historical Museum
20.00 Night of the European Economy Angela Merkel /
at the German Historical Museum with dinner speech Federal Chancellor
Dresscode: Business
presented by
© Ulrich SchwarzWednesday
14th November 2018
9.30 Keynote plus Q&A Jens Weidmann / President of the
Bundesbank
10.00 Panel 8: How does a company remain agile and Birgit Bohle / DB Fernverkehr
18 innovative? Sir Tim Clark / Emirates
• How important are executives for innovation? Philipp Depiereux / etventure
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• What are the best strategies for change? Miriam Wohlfarth / RatePay
• Agility: sensible or overrated?
10.45 Coffee break
11.15 Trail Blazers – Germany’s best start-ups presented by
Six young companies present themselves with a
pitch. The participants of the SZ Economic Summit
select the winner with an app.
12.00 Introductory presentation Franziska Giffey / Federal
Minister for Family Affairs
12.15 Panel 9: Why digitisation only works with diversity Franziska Giffey / Federal Minister
• Why are diverse teams more creative? for Family Affairs
• How to get more women involved in digital? Fränzi Kühne / TLGG
• What can politicians and companies do? Marika Lulay / GFT Technologies
Information on the confirmation of further speakers will be provided under www.sz-wirtschaftsgipfel.de
Hermann J. Merkens / Aareal Bank
13.00 Lunch break
14.00 Keynote plus Q&A: the future of world trade Peter Altmaier / Federal Economics
Minister
14.30 Panel 10: Europe, USA, China - who determines the with Fabrizio Saccommani /
rules of globalization? UniCredit
• Customs: Do you need them - and how should and others
The programme is subject to changes and amendments.
companies deal with them?
• Investments: Who gets new factories and jobs?
• Trade agreements: Which agreements are possible?
15.15 SZ Global Connect: the digital super powers of an interactive, global format
tomorrow
16.00 Cross-examination Christian Lindner /
FDP Chairman (invited)
16.30 End of the congressDigital possibilities are
infinite – including their threats.
We accompany you into a
safe future.
Paul Kaffsack
Myra Security GmbH
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Made in Germany
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1 ANN-KRISTIN ACHLEITNER (from 2016) She 4 DR. LISA BLUMENBERG, 54, has been working
knows how to handle risk: The professor of eco- for Studio Hamburg for more than twenty years;
nomics with a chair at the TU Munich has set her initially as a television producer later as an executive
research emphasis on venture capital. She prob- producer. In 2006, she was honoured with the VFF
ably is the most distinctive member of a supervi- TV Movie Award for her production work, followed
sory board in the country, too. The industrious by the Grimme-Preis and the Bayerischer Fernseh-
scientist (born in 1966) is part of the supervisory preis for her novel adaptation “Neue Vahr Süd”. Over
committees of the German stock exchange, the the past few years, Blumenberg has increasingly
reinsurance company MunichRe, the French dedicated herself to TV series. Last year, for exam-
energy group Engie and the gases company Linde. ple, she was in charge of the German-Luxembourg
On top of that, she was a member of the German co-production “Bad Banks”, inspired by the financial
Corporate Governance Code governmental com- crisis of 2008. Following the great success, a second
mission for many years. Andrea Rexer season is now in the works. David Denk
2 PETER ALTMAIER, 60, is considered one of 5 THILO BODE doesn’t shy away from confronta-
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s closest advisors. He tion. When he was head of Greenpeace, he took on
was Federal Minister of the Environment, Head of the powerful oil industry among others. Today, he
the Federal Chancellery and was put in charge of fights for consumer protection and citizen’s rights
the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and with his organisation Foodwatch. Identifying critical
Energy this year. The passionate European born in issues that are important to people, such as the
Saarland, however, has increasingly been grap- controversial TTIP and Ceta free trade agreements,
pling with transatlantic relations as of late, with comes naturally to him. He has also targeted banks
trade matters mainly. Michael Bauchmüller and insurances for food speculation. Silvia Liebrich
3 DOROTHEE BÄR, Born in 1978, she joined the 6 BIRGIT BOHLE has been responsible for
Young Union (JU) even when she was a pupil. She long-distance rail traffic of Deutsche Bahn and
has been a member of the party executive of the looking after the ICE and IC fleets since 2015. The
CSU since 2001 and was appointed Deputy Sec- 45-year-old switched from McKinsey to Deutsche
retary General in 2009. She has been a member Bahn in 2007. In 2011, she was put in charge of
of the Bundestag since 2002. In 2013, she assu- sales. Bohle has recalibrated the business to
med the office of Parliamentary Secretary of State online offers. On January 1, 2019, the business
at the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital economist will make the transfer to Deutsche Tel-
Infrastructure. Since March 2018, she has been ekom as the new head of HR. Markus Balser
State Minister for Digitisation on behalf of the
Federal Government. Helmut Martin-Jung7 8 9
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7 CHARLES-ÉDOUARD BOUÉE The world is his 10 ANA BRNABIC, ´ Born in 1975 in Belgrade, the
home, always commuting between Europe, Amer- business economist was the first woman to be
ica and Asia. The Frenchman, with his main office elected Serbian Prime Minister in June 2017. Only
in Munich and a residence in Shanghai, has been a year earlier, after working in the private sector,
leading Roland Berger as a CEO since 2014. He she had been appointed to the cabinet as Minister.
studied in Paris and at Harvard and started his As a political career changer, she remains inde-
career as an investment banker. Subsequently, pendent until now. She has focused her work on
he switched his profession to business consul- household renovation and digitisation in order to
tancy, initially with Booz Allen & Hamilton and keep Serbia on course in the EU. Peter Münch
later with AT Kearney. Since 2001, he has been
with Roland Berger. Caspar Busse 11 FRANK BSIRSKE has been chairman of the ser-
vice trade union ver.di since 2001, which originated
8 FREDERIK BRANTNER, born in 1984, is from five individual trade unions. Starting out as
co-founder of the start-up Magazino. The mechan- number one, ver.di is now only the second largest
ical engineering company builds mobile robots for German trade union. Sixty-six-year-old Bsirske, son
logistics that relies on artificial intelligence. The of a labourer and a nurse, studied political science
management expert has so far lived in the USA, and began his career with the Greens, before mak-
Ecuador, South Africa, the Czech Republic and ing it to the top in the Public Services and Transport
Spain. He is a serial founder; already during his (ÖTV) trade union, subsequently becoming head of
time at uni, he set up the management consul- ver.di. Next year, the tea lover and tough negotiator
tancy Denkleister. Elisabeth Dostert is going to retire. Henrike Roßbach
9 HELGE BRAUN The CDU politician is 45 years 12 THOMAS BUBERL, CEO, AXA, 18 years ago,
old and, since March, has been Head of the Federal he was part of the Boston Consulting team that
Chancellery of Merkel’s fourth cabinet. He has an contributed to the founding of HUK 24, a hugely
authority that most ministers only dare to dream successful online insurance company. Experience
of. Quietly, he ensures the smooth running of all is key: Buberl has no doubt that digitisation will
government affairs in Merkel’s powerhouse. His radically change his industry. He trained as a
most important task: Germany’s accelerated way banker, completed his business studies and PhD,
forward in the digital economy. During negotia- worked as a consultant, and assumed his first
tions between the national government and the Board position in 2005. In 2012, Buberl became
federal states, the medical doctor proved that he head of AXA Germany. Based in Paris since Sep-
can solve tough cases efficiently, especially during tember 2016, he has been managing the whole
the refugee crisis. Cerstin Gammelin AXA Group. He is 45 years of age and likes to
design shoes in his spare time. Herbert Fromme13 14 15
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13 SIR TIM CLARK A member of the Emirates’ 16 JOCHEN ENGERT, born in 1981, is co-founder
founding team, he is one of the most powerful men and one of three managing directors of Flixbus.
in the airline industry. His words carry weight, after Engert studied business administration and joined
all, since becoming acting head of Emirates in the Boston Consulting Group in Munich as a strat-
2003 he has ordered over 142 Airbus A380s, and egy consultant. There, he met one of his Flixbus
is also one of Boeing’s most important customers. comrades, André Schwämmlein. He is in charge of
His airline has even unsettled Lufthansa to the staff and strategy. Ekaterina Kel
extent that they have advocated removing Emira-
tes’ air traffic rights. Jens Flottau 17 BIRGIT FISHER With eight gold medals and four
silver medals, only to name her Olympic achieve-
14 PHILIPP DEPIEREUX, Born in 1977, he studied ments, Birgit Fischer is the most successful German
international business administration in Germany, Olympic athlete. The canoeist, born in 1962, has won
France and the USA. After that he founded his first many more titles. Since ending her sports career,
own consultancy firm Pepato and successfully however, she has been an entrepreneur above all.
restructured the film manufacturer alesco. Since The certified sports instructor runs a canoeing school
2010, he has been founder and managing director in Brandenburg and is committed to the fight against
of etventure, a digital consultancy and cradle for drugs and for nature conservation. Katharina Kutsche
start-ups and a digital consultancy; With his team,
he develops digital business models both for large 18 GILBERT FRIDGEN, born in 1980, knows what
and medium-sized companies as well as for start- the future holds: his work at the University of Bay-
ups. Helmut Martin-Jung reuth focusses on Blockchain technology on which
many currently pin their hopes. As Professor of
15 PASCALE EHRENFREUND, 57, has been Chair- Information Systems, Fridgen is exploring poten-
man of the Executive Board of the German Aero- tial business applications of this new technology,
space Center (DLR) for almost two years. She stud- such as the immutable storage of information. On
ied astronomy and biology at the University of top of that, he is co-director of the Fraunhofer
Vienna. In 2001, Ehrenfreund was appointed hon- Blockchain Lab. Victor Gojdka
orary professor of astrobiology in Amsterdam and
Leiden. Since 2008 she has been Professor of
Space Policy and International Affairs at George
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19 MARKUS GABRIEL A book with the title “Why 22 MARIT HANSEN Born in 1969, she studied
the World Doesn’t Exist”, is quite a statement. The computer science with a minor in medicine and
philosopher, born in 1980, landed a hit with the has been leading the ULD (Independent Centre
work. His school of thought is called “New Rea- for Privacy Protection, Schleswig-Holstein) in
lism”. He rejects the existence of a world in which Kiel, the Data Protection Authority of Schle-
everything is connected to everything, instead swig-Holstein, since 2015. Hansen is a sought-af-
there are many different worlds and realities in ter expert on many a topic related to data protec-
the form of excepts existing next to each other. In tion and privacy and has also worked on a great
2009 he was Germany’s youngest professor of number of data protection research projects
philosophy to be appointed to the Chair for Epis- funded by Brussels Helmut Martin-Jung
temology, Modern and Contemporary Philosophy
at the University of Bonn. He has long been con- 23 YVONNE HOFSTETTER Born in 1966 and after
sidered one of the most important contemporary completing her law studies in 1999, she worked
German philosophers. Jan Willmroth at international software companies. Since 2009,
she has been leading the company Teramark
20 RANZISKA GIFFEY, 40, grew up in Branden- Technologies, a specialist in big data and
burg. The public administration specialist and machine learning. Her book “Sie wissen alles”
doctor of political science began her career as (They know everything) on the dangers of modern
District Councillor for Education in the Berlin dis- technology is a bestseller. Her most recent book
trict of Neukölln in 2010. Five years later, she “Das Ende der Demokratie” (The end of democ-
became mayor of the problem district, which the racy) deals with risks associated with artificial
social democratic politician always insisted was intelligence. Helmut Martin-Jung
more than just the sum of its problems. In March,
she was promoted to federal politics as the new 24 VALERIE HOLSBOER, born in 1977, is the
Federal Minister for Family Affairs. For many, the first woman on the Executive Board of the Federal
surprise of the cabinet Henrike Roßbach Employment Agency where she is responsible for
finance and controlling. Previously, the lawyer
21 MARKUS HAAS, born in 1972, started his was the Managing Director of the German System
career in the legal affairs and regulatory division at Catering Association and of the Food, Drink and
Telefónica in Germany in 1998 - at that time Viag Tobacco Employers’ Association. Holsboer wants
Interkom- after his legal studies. Since 2017, Haas to encourage women to take over executive func-
has been CEO of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG, tions. Thomas Öchsner
the company in his hometown of Munich. In terms
of internal digitisation, the hobby chef banks on
ideas from the squad. Katharina KutscheFinding creative solutions to complex problems is in our nature.
As consultants we focus on the challenges our clients face.
Offering sound analysis, strategic insight and industry expertise,
we are there to support them with trusted advice on how to
shape a successful future.
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25 GESCHE JOOST Member of the Expert Advisory 28 PAUL KAFFSACK, born in 1981, co-founded
Board on Consumer Protection Issues as well as of Myra Security, an IT security company based in
the Supervisory Boards of SAP and ING-DiBa – these Munich. Since 2013, the company has been pro-
are just some of Gesche Joost’s positions, who was tecting websites from online attacks with its servi-
born in 1974. Until June 2018, she promoted digital ces. Customers include the car rental company Sixt
change throughout Germany on behalf of the Fed- and the Baur mail order company. Politicians also
eral government, as an Internet ambassador, or – trust in Kaffsack’s services: he thus protects the
more snazzy – Digital Champion. But above all, Joost federal government websites and was in charge of
is a full-time professor of design research at the keeping the online presence secure at the G7 sum-
Berlin University of the Arts, where she leads the mit in Elmau. In his job, Kaffsack travels the globe,
Design Research Lab. Katharina Kutsche from Silicon Valley to London. Victor Gojdka
26 JEAN-CLAUDE JUNCKER, has been shaping 29 KATJA KIPPING has been chairperson of The
European politics for longer than most of his col- Left party together with Bernd Riexinger since
leagues. Born in Luxembourg in 1954, Jean-Claude 2012. Born in Dresden in 1978, she completed a
Juncker was Minister for Finance from 1989 to 2009 degree in Slavic studies, American studies and law.
and Prime Minister of his home country from 1995 In 1998, she joined the PDS party, and in 1999,
to 2013. And that’s not all: from 2005 to 2013, as she went on to become a town councillor of her
President of the Euro Group, he also chaired the hometown and a member of the Saxon state par-
meetings of European finance ministers. Juncker liament. In 2005, she was drawn to Berlin, where
has been President of the European Commission she has been a member of the German Bundestag
since November 2014. Alexander Mühlauer parliament ever since. Jan Schwenkenbecher
27 JOE KAESER has been CEO of Siemens since 30 STEFAN KRAUSE First, he was CFO at Faraday
August 2013. The manager, joined the company Future, the Californian high-flyer in the e-car sec-
based in Munich in as early as 1980 and quickly tor, then he started his own business in the same
made a career for himself. In 2006 he was appointed industry with Evelozcity: Stefan Krause. The cos-
Chief Financial Officer; he went on to inherit Peter mopolitan founder, born in Colombia in 1962,
Löscher’s post at the top of the group. Ever since, studied management in Würzburg, made a career
he has been restructuring Siemens rigorously, with BMW and Deutsche Bank and has been on
including the merger of businesses with competi- the Supervisory Board of Rocket Internet since
tors in the field of wind power and rail technology 2016. Starting in December 2017, he has been
as well as going public with the medical technology his own boss. Katharina Kutsche
business. Caspar Busse31 32 33
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31 KATHARINA KREITZ Whenever Formula 1 34 WOLFGANG LANGHOFF, born in 1960, is
tours around the world, Vectoflow tags along for Chairman of the Board of BP Europa SE. He is
the ride. The start-up from Munich supplies probes responsible for operating the oil company’s busi-
that measure the air flow, not only on race cars. ness in Germany and six neighbouring countries.
Katharina Kreitz, born in 1987, is one of the foun- Thus, he is in charge of 3,900 Aral and BP petrol
ders. After graduating, the engineer received stations. As Chairman of the German Petroleum
many a job offer from well-known companies. But Industry Association, the qualified engineer rep-
she refused to be “streamlined”. Elisabeth Dostert resents the interests of oil pipeline and refinery
operations in Germany. Benedikt Müller
32 FRÄNZI KÜHNE Fränzi Kühne co-founded the
digital agency Torben, Lucie und die gelbe Gefahr 35 MARIKA LULAY GFT Technologies SE She is
(TLGG – Torben, Lucie and the yellow danger) with one of the few CEOs among the 160 Dax-listed
two friends ten years ago. Kühne (b. 1983) looks companies. Since 2017, Marika Lulay has been
after finances and staff at TLGG amongst other head of the TecDax-listed IT service provider GFT
things. In 2017, she joined the Supervisory Board Technologies from Stuttgart. The computer scien-
of Freenet as the youngest member of such a body tist, born in 1963, also wants to improve the rep-
in Germany. Felicitas Wilke utation of programmers: “Without IT, hospitals
would not function.” Stefan Mayr
33 FELIX KUHNERT is a partner at the auditing
and advisory firm PwC. Last autumn, the automo- 36 ANGELA MERKEL She has been ruling Germany
tive expert rose to the position of Global Automo- since 2005: first as Chancellor of a grand coalition,
tive Leader. Kuhnert, born in 1969, looks back on then as Chancellor of a rather small coalition with
more than 20 years of experience in advising car the liberal FDP; since 2013, again as head of a grand
manufacturers, dealer organisations and associa- coalition. From a reformer of domestic politics, she
tions. He previously studied economics in Freiburg, has evolved to become Europe’s most important
Bonn and Berkeley. Jan Willmroth head of government: internationally respected by
many, but also attacked by many on the Euro and
the refugee crises. Claus Hulverscheidt37 38 39
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37 HERMANN J. MERKENS His professional 40 CLAUDIA OTTO The lawyer from Frankfurt
career started in 1985 at Deutsche Bank Group. worked at a myriad of renowned law firms, including
After holding a position at Deutsche Interhotel Linklaters, Clifford Chance and Hengeler Mueller,
Holding, he joined today’s Aareal Bank in 1999. before setting up her own firm. She wanted to be
Four years later he became a member of the more than an advisor, she also wanted to do
Management Board of the MDAX-listed property research. The head of COT Legal law firm calls herself
financing specialist. He has been the Chairman a digital lawyer and specialises in IT security, but
of the Management Board since 2015. Born in mainly in blockchain and the related smart con-
1966, he graduated from Berlin School of Eco- tracts. She regards the blockchain hype somewhat
nomics with a diploma in business administra- critically Ulrich Schäfer
tion. Andrea Rexer
41 JÜRI RATAS once he said that it only takes 20
38 KLAUS MÜLLER, 47, is the top consumer minutes at most to set up a company in Estonia.
watchdog in Germany. He has been in charge of the The 39-year-old reigns a thoroughly digitised state
Federation of German Consumer Organisations in which practically all administrative procedures
since 2014. The graduate economist had made a can be handled online. At the age of 23, he became
career for himself in politics before He was a mem- economic advisor in the town hall of his native
ber of the Bundestag for the Greens and spokes- Tallinn, and at the age of 27, he became Lord
man on financial policy for the parliamentary group. Mayor himself. From 2007, he was Vice-President
In 2000, he made the move to Schleswig-Holstein of the Estonian Parliament. In his spare time, he
as Minister of Environment, Nature and Forestry. plays basketball. Silke Bigalke
From 2006 to 2014, he was the Executive Director
of the Consumer Protection Centre of the Federal 42 TILL REUTER When he joined KUKA AG in 2009,
State North-Rhine Westphalia. Markus Balser the Augsburg based robot and plant manufacturing
company was knee-deep in a crisis. Today, the CEO
39 JULIAN NIDA-RÜMELIN if you grow up in a is regarded as a margin robot: he increased the
Munich family of artists, the path is probably sket- share price from 10 to 110 euros. In 2016, the Chi-
ched out a little. Nida-Rümelin became a philoso- nese appliance manufacturer Midea took over the
pher and professor, worked in California, Beijing company. This was highly controversial politically
and St. Gallen and was Minister of State for Culture but very successful from a business point of view:
in Gerhard Schröder‘s first cabinet. Most recently, this provides KUKA with free admission to the Chi-
he was very much concerned with the refugee cri- nese mega market. Stefan Mayr
sis. “Thinking about borders” is the title of his
book on the subject. What is at stake: a new
“Ethics of Migration”. Thomas Fromm43 44 45
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43 FABRIZIO SACCOMMANI, born in Rome in 1942, 46 DOMINIK SCHIENER claims he has “no private
was recruited by Jean-Pierre Mustier, the spirited life”. Otherwise, the career of the young entrepre-
head of the pan-European banking giant Unicredit, neur would hardly have been possible. In early 2012,
as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the bank in at the age of 16, he first heard about the crypto
Milan. The long-time Director General of the Central currency Bitcoin. In 2015, he founded his own pay-
Bank of Italy and close confidante of Mario Draghi ment system IOTA, which is ranked the tenth largest
has been representing the new power structure at digital currency in the world. Currently, Schiener is
the HVB parent group since April 2018. In 2011, then working on a data marketplace with companies such
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi prevented his rise as Telekom and Deutsche Bahn. Janis Beenen
to governor of the central bank in Rome. Two years
later, Prime Minister Enrico Letta brought him into 47 CHRISTOPH M. SCHMIDT born in 1962, went
the cabinet as Finance Minister. Ulrike Sauer to the States in the late 80s, worked for Angus
Deaton, who would later win the Nobel Prize, and
44 STEPHAN SCHAMBACH Raised in the GDR, he earned his Ph.D. from Princeton. As a specialist in
is among the most successful German serial foun- econometrics and labour market research, he was
ders. The man from Jena established three popular appointed professor in Heidelberg and later
companies, all related to e-commerce. In the late moved to Bochum, where he still leads the RWI
1990s, he got off to a flying start with Intershop on (Leibniz Institute for Economic Research) today.
the German Neuer Markt. He then moved to the USA, As chairman of the German Council of Economic
founded Demandware and sold the company to Experts, he has been the voice of regulatory rea-
Salesforce in 2016 for nearly three billion dollars. son since 2013. Jan Willmroth
For three years now, he has been growing NewStore
in Boston and Berlin and is fully committed to shop- 48 OLAF SCHOLZ, born in 1958, assumed office as
ping on mobile devices. Ulrich Schäfer Federal Minister of Finance in the fourth Merkel cab-
inet this Spring. He knows the Chancellor from the
45 ANDREAS SCHEUER, born in 1974, assumed period of 2007 to 2009 already, when he was Federal
office as Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Minister of Labour and Social Affairs. Therebetween,
Infrastructure in Angela Merkel’s fourth cabinet this he reigned as the widely respected mayor of Hamburg.
March. Hailing from Passau, he already served as In the aftermath of the riots at the G20 Summit 2017,
Secretary General of the CSU and previously as Par- his reputation took a bit of a hit, however. He is con-
liamentary Secretary of State at the Federal Ministry sidered a pragmatic SPD politician; for instance, he
for Transport, Building and Urban Development. He assisted former Chancellor Schröder in implementing
joined the CSU in 1994. After rising to the top quickly the controversial Hartz IV reforms. Harald Freiberger
within the party, Scheuer was elected to the German
Bundestag for the first time in 2002. Nils Wischmeyer© Henning Schacht
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49 GÜNTHER SCHUH The company founder com- 52 CHRISTIAN SEWING born in Bünde, West-
pleted his doctorate at RWTH Aachen University phalia, in 1970, he has been CEO of Deutsche
and habilitated himself at the University of St. Gal- Bank since 8 April. For several years, he had been
len. Here, he was Professor of Production Manage- a member of the management board of the finan-
ment until 2002. Eventually, he became Chair of cial institution. In Spring, however, he moved to
Production Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. the very top unexpectedly, after his predecessor
He sold his electric vehicle company Streetscooter John Cryan had to resign prematurely. Sewing
to Deutsche Post; he now builds compact electric has been working for Deutsche Bank for almost
cars with e.GO Mobile. Valentin Dornis thirty years. Meike Schreiber
50 JOCHEN SCHWEIZER He loves adventure: as 53 GILLIAN TANS has been with Booking.com
an extreme sportsman, stunt man, and entrepre- since 2002. She was the first permanent
neur. And he keeps his cool at all times. In his auto- employee of the start-up company in Amster-
biographical book „Der perfekte Augenblick“ he dam. The Dutch national made a career for her-
describes how, through setbacks he has learnt to self and has been the CEO of the company since
be resilient. His corporate group employs over 500 the end of April 2016. The hotel-booking portal
staff, sells adventure vouchers, invests in start-ups, Booking.com is one of the most successful online
and since February 2017, operates an adventure companies with more than one million custom-
arena including artificial surf waves to the south of ers per day. Caspar Busse
Munich. As one of five “Lions” the native of Ettling
(born 1957) shaped the Vox channel’s business 54 ACHIM WAMBACH Chairman of the Monopolies
founder show “Höhle der Löwen” over the course Commission, which advises the Federal Government
of three years Ulrich Schäfer on all matters competition, he initially studied physics
and mathematics and only later found his way to eco-
51 HORST SEEHOFER, born in 1949, was once in nomics. Wambach, born in 1968, was professor of
charge of the Berlin departments of agriculture and economics in Erlangen and Cologne, and has been
health as Federal Minister. In 2008, he left the President of the Mannheim Centre for European Eco-
German capital to return to Munich as Minister nomic Research (ZEW) since 2016. He is also co-foun-
President of Bavaria. Since March, he has been der of a Munich consulting firm Caspar Busse
managing the mega department in Berlin, which
seems to be almost too big – even for someone as
experienced as Seehofer. Particularly since the
head of CSU is still busy acting as Chancellor
Angela Merkel’s strongest critic – especially when
it comes to migration. Cerstin Gammelin© Nils Thiels
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55 JENS WEIDMANN Born in Solingen in 1968,
the President of the Bundesbank has a reserved
public demeanour but can be adamant when push
comes to shove. His colleagues in the Council of
the European Central Bank have had a taste of this
in recent years, as has the Federal German Govern-
ment. As a former business advisor to Angela
Merkel, he considered the ECB’s rescue measures
to be one step too far. Perhaps Weidmann’s job
will entail putting an end to the policy of easy
money. He is a potential successor to ECB’s Pres-
ident Mario Draghi, whose mandate will run out in
November 2019 Markus Zydra
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2010, she founded RatePAY, offering instalment
payments in e-commerce. In May 2018, profits
reached the one million mark for the first time. As
a founder, Wohlfahrt has demonstrated how to
build a successful financial technology business
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