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PROF. ROLAND BERGER
Chairman of the supervisory board
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Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger
November 22, 1937 Born in Berlin
1956 Abitur (general university entrance qualification) Humanistisches Gymnasium, Nuremberg
1961-1962 Degree in business (Diplom-Kaufmann) Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
1962-1967 Consultant, and later Partner, at one of today's leading American consulting companies in Milan and Boston
1967 Founded Roland Berger & Partners
1967-June 30, 2003 Development of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants from a one-man firm into one of the world's
leading strategy consultancies with currently 33 offices in 23 countries, 1,700 employees and sales of approximately
EUR 555 million in 2006
July 1, 2003 - present, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants
Founder Partner BLM & Partners
Technical focus
International management, global strategy development, strategies for innovation and technology, marketing and sales,
structural organization, and economic development strategies, political consulting
Academic activity and publications
1971-1972 Lecturer in Marketing and Advertising at the Technical University of Munich
1996-present Lecturer and Visiting Professor for General Business Administration and Management Consulting at the
Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus
2000-present Honorary Professor for General Business Administration and Management Consulting at the Brandenburg
Technical University in Cottbus
More than 100 publications on issues of international management and organization, strategic planning, and marketing
and corporate planning. Numerous interviews and statements on management topics, social and economic issues in books
and specialist publications as well as in the press, on the radio, and on TV.
Professional commitments
1978-1980 President of the Federal Association of German Management Consultants BDU (Bundesverband Deutscher
Unternehmensberater e.V., Bonn)
1978-1982 President of the European Federation of Management Consultants FEACO (Fédération Européenne des Associations de
Conseils en Organisation, Brussels)
1993-2001 Vice Chairman of the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF), New York
Public appointments
Appointed by the Federal Government headed by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the "Council of Economic Experts for a Leaner
Federal Government"
Appointed by the Federal Government headed by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to the "Commission for the Development of the
Pension Insurance System"
Appointed by the Federal Government headed by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to the "Expert Commission on Takeover Rules"
Member of the "Partners for Innovation" initiative launched by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
Appointed to the "Expert Commission on the Historical Center of Berlin" by Chancellor Gerhard Schröder
Appointed by the government of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder to the "Commission for the Long Term Health of Germany's
Social Security System" (Rürup Commission)
Appointed by Federal President Professor Roman Herzog to the "President's Advisory Council for Innovation"
Appointed by Finance Minister Hans Eichel to the Expert Group on the Reform of German Bundesbank Structures
Appointed by the State Premiers Dr. Edmund Stoiber and Wolfgang Clement as Chairman of the "Commission for Income Reform of
the State Government Officials of Bavaria and North Rhine-Westphalia"
Appointed by State Premiers Dr. Edmund Stoiber and Professor Kurt Biedenkopf to the "Commission for Issues Relating to the
Future of Bavaria and Saxony"
Appointed by State Premier Erwin Teufel to the "Baden-Wurttemberg Forum for Innovation"
Appointed by the State Premier of Baden-Wurttemberg, Erwin Teufel, to the "Commission 2000 for the Future of the
German Economy"
Appointed by State Premier Wolfgang Böhmer to the "Economic Advisory Council of the State Premier of Saxony-Anhalt"
Founding member and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the "Convention for Germany", in cooperation with Professor Dr.
Roman Herzog and Dr. Klaus von Dohnanyi
Appointed by the State Premier of Brandenburg, Matthias Platzeck, to the Brandenburg "Advisory Council for Knowledge and
Technology Transfer"
Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Finland in Bavaria and Thuringia
Honors conferred
Federal Service Cross of the Federal Republic of Germany, February 2001
State Medal for Special Services to the Bavarian Economy, July 1991
Order of Merit of the Free State of Bavaria, June 1995
Honorary Professorship at Tongji University, Shanghai, 1995
Admitted to the "Hall of Fame" of manager magazin, the German business weekly, in May 2000
Carl S. Sloane Excellence in Management Consulting Award by the Association of Management Consulting Firms (AMCF) in New
York, in December 2000
Honorary Doctorate awarded by Lusíada University in Lisbon, in October 2001
Honorary Doctorate awarded by the Technical University of Munich, in January 2003
Master Craftsman Award (2003) conferred by the Board of Trustees of the Cologne Craft Foundation for the Promotion of
Democracy
Knight of the Order of the Finnish Lion awarded by the Finnish State President, Tarja Halonen, in 2006
Italian Knight Commander's Cross awarded by the Italian State President, in 2006
Silver Order of Merit awarded by the Austrian Federal President, in 2007
Memberships
Academic activities
Chairman of the Council of the Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Foundation for European Management, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Association for the Promotion of German Science, Essen (Stifterverband für die
Deutsche Wissenschaft)
Board Member of the International Academy of Management, Barcelona
Board Member of the International Management Institute, Kiev
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Bavarian Elite Academy Foundation, Munich
Member of the Council of the Munich Academy of Music & Drama
Member of the Board of the Business School Insead, Fontainebleau
Member of the Board of Trustees of the ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich
Member of the Board of the World Association for International German Schools, Berlin
Global Counselor of "The Conference Board", New York
Chairman of the Board of the Society for the Promotion of Economic Research (Friends of the ifo Institute), Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Zeppelin University, Friedrichshafen
Member of the Council of the Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Cultural activities
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Concert Society, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, Lübeck
Member of the Founding Committee of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra, founded by Claudio Abbado, Vienna
Founding Member of the Circle of Friends of the Anne-Sophie Mutter Foundation, Munich
Member of the Board of the Lenbachhaus Association, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Pinakothek Museum of Modern Art, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Munich House of Artists
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Cultural Foundation Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Chairman of the Cuvilliés Committee - Friends of the Cuvilliés Theater, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation of the Museum of Architecture at the Technical University of Munich
Other
Chairman of the Society of Friends and Promoters of the Eye Clinic at Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics
Member of the US Board of the Federation of German Industry (BDI)
Member of the German Council on Foreign Relations, Berlin
Member of the Board of the Association of German Business in the Russian Federation (VDW)
Membership of international advisory/supervisory boards
Member of the advisory council of FC Bayern Munich
Member of various boards of national and international businesses, foundations and organizations, among others: Fiat
Group, Turin; Alcan, Montréal; Wilhelm von Finck AG, Grasbrunn near Munich; Schuler AG, Göppingen; Klinikum rechts
der Isar, the hospital of the Technical University of Munich, Helios Kliniken GmbH, Fulda; Senator Entertainment AG,
Berlin; Prime Office AG, Munich (Chairman).
Member of the international advisory boards of, among others: Sony Corporation, Tokyo; Blackstone Group, New York
Chairman of the supervisory board of Live Holding AG, Dreieich
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