Educational Background 1961 German and Swiss A-Levels (Abitur and Matura)
Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz, Zuoz, Switzerland
1961-66 Law Degree (lic.jur.)
University of Zurich, Switzerland
1972 MBA
IMEDE, Lausanne, Switzerland
Professional Background 1971-77 Investment banking in London and New York, from 1973
on for the Credit Suisse First Boston group, formely
"White Weld Co.", one of the leading international
finance companies (1976 Vice-President)
1977 Limited Managing Partner of Faber-Castell
1978 Sole Managing Partner of Faber-Castell
since 2000 Chairman of the Board of the Faber-Castell AG
Honorary Positions/ Board Memberships
- Honorary Consul to Brazil
- Chairman of the management board of the "Industrieverband Schreib- und Zeichengerate"
(Industrial Association of Manufacturers for writing and drawing instruments)
- Member of the supervisory board of Fielmann AG, Hamburg
- Member of the Bavarian advisory board of Dresdner Bank AG
- Chairman of the management board of the "Stiftergemeinschaft Museum Industriekultur
Nurnberg" (association for sponsoring the Nuremberg Museum of Industrial Culture)
- Chairman of the management board of the DESIGN FORUM NURNBERG e.V.
(non-profit association for the support of design concepts and strategies within the small
and medium-scale sector of the economy in Northern Bavaria)
- Chairman of the supervisory board of Bayern Design GmbH
- Honorary senator of the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg
