Prof. Dr. Bernhard Pellens
Personal data
Year of birth: 1955
Place of birth: Geldern
Nationality: German
Education
1976-1981 Studied law and economics at the universities of Cologne and Bochum
1981-1986 Research assistant at the Ruhr University Bochum
1988 Dr. rer. oec
1988 Visiting lecturer at Tongji University, Shanghai/China
1988-1993 Assistant professor at the Ruhr University Bochum
Career
1986-1988 Position in the Controlling department of a medium-sized company
1993-1994 Full professor of Chair of Accounting and Controlling at the University of Kaiserslautern
1994-1997 Full professor of Chair of International Accounting, University of Münster
since 1997 Full professor of Chair of International Accounting, Ruhr University of Bochum
2002 Visiting lecturer at Virginia Polytechnic University Blackburg/USA
2003-2011 Member of Board of Deutschen Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee (DRSC)
since 2006Honorary professorship at Tongji University, Shanghai/China
since 2007 Head of task force "Externe Unternehmensrechnung (Financial accounting)" of Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
2010-2014 Member of the expert committee ("Hauptfachausschuss") of the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW)
since 2011 Vice-President of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany
- thyssenkrupp AG (since 2005, appointed until 2020)
- LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungverein Münster aG
- LVM Krankenversicherungs-AG