Joachim Limberg
Chairman of the Management Board of Business Area Materials Services of ThyssenKrupp AG, Chairman of the ThyssenKrupp Materials International GmbH Executive Board
Born in 1954, studied business administration and economics at Hagen distance learning university (graduated as Diplom-Ökonom) after completing training as a qualified export merchant.
Career:
Joachim Limberg began his career in 1976 at Klöckner Werke. He then spent several years as managing director/CEO of various small and medium-size enterprises.
In 1995 Joachim Limberg joined the Thyssen Group, initially as head of the Product Management Steel and Materials Management departments of Thyssen Schulte. In 1998 he was appointed to the Executive board. From 2002 to 2005 he was Chairman of the Executive Board of the company, by then renamed ThyssenKrupp Schulte GmbH.
Joachim Limburg was appointed to the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Materials AG, later ThyssenKrupp Services AG, on April 1, 2001. From January 2002 he was additionally responsible for the North American operations of ThyssenKrupp Materials N.A., of which he is President and CEO.
With the establishment of ThyssenKrupp Materials Europe GmbH on June 1, 2005, he took over as Chairman of the company's Executive Board and continued in this position after the company was renamed ThyssenKrupp Materials International GmbH.
From October 2006 to September 2009 he was Vice Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Services AG, where he was primarily responsible for strategic corporate development. One particular focus was on developing activities in North America, Eastern Europe and South America as well as establishing the service business as a core activity. This included Asian business for which he was responsible for some time directly from Hong Kong.
Effective October 1, 2009 Joachim Limberg was appointed Chairman of the Materials Services Business Area management team of ThyssenKrupp AG and Chairman of the ThyssenKrupp Materials International GmbH Executive Board.
