Managing DirectorSKion GmbH
Born in 1962 in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe. Apprenticeship as an advertising specialist in Frankfurt (Main). She studied business administration at the University of Buckingham, earning a Bachelor’s Degree. Later she enrolled at the International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Lausanne, gaining an MBA in 1988. During her studies she acquired practical experience with banks as well as with industry and consulting firms. From 1989 to 1990 management assistant at Burda GmbH. Following a one-year stay in the USA, independent entrepreneur since 1991. Managing Director of SKion GmbH, a strategic investment company wholly owned by her. She is holding seats on supervisory boards of companies affiliated to SKion and to her family: Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE. Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of ALTANA AG. Member of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG. She also chairs the Supervisory Board of UnternehmerTUM GmbH, an entrepreneurship centre empowering students and academics to realize their start-up projects. In 2012 she launched Stiftung Nantesbuch, a charitable foundation dedicated to cultural and ecological education.