Jürgen R. Thumann, Düsseldorf
(As of: January 21, 2010)
Chairman of the Advisory Board of Heitkamp & Thumann Group
Personal data
Year of birth:
1941
Place of birth:
Schwelm/Westphalia
Education
1960
Completed apprenticeship as a wholesale and foreign trade clerk.
Career
1960
Took over management of the Thumann Stahl-Service Center in Schwelm as a personally liable partner and expanded the family business.
1966
Joined the Hille & Müller Group, Düsseldorf, as CEO and partner (cold rolling mill with coating treatment).
1975
Personally liable partner and CEO of the now internationally operating Hille & Müller Group.
1978
Founded Heitkamp & Thumann KG, Düsseldorf, and became a personally liable partner.
1998
Resigned as personally liable partner of Heitkamp & Thumann KG, since then Chairman of the Advisory Board.
2005 - 2008
President of the Federation of German Industries (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V. (BDI).
Since 2008
Co-Chair of the Transatlantic Business Dialogue (TABD).
Since 2009
President of BUSINESSEUROPE.
Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany
- Deutsche Messe AG
- HanseMerkur Holding AG
- HanseMerkur Krankenversicherung auf Gegenseitigkeit
- Heitkamp BauHolding GmbH (Chair)
- ThyssenKrupp AG (since 2008)
Membership of comparable control bodies
- Altenloh, Brinck & Co. GmbH & Co. KG (Chairman of the Advisory Board)
- Heitkamp & Thumann Group (Chairman of the Advisory Board)
