Thomas Middelhoff
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1953 –
Who is Thomas Middelhoff?
Thomas Middelhoff was elected to the Board of Directors of The New York Times Company
in 2003.
Dr. Middelhoff has served as Chief Executive Officer of KarstadtQuelle AG, a German
retailer, since May 2005.
Previously, Dr. Middelhoff served as both the Non-Executive Chairman of KarstadtQuelle
AG, which he became in 2004, and a managing director at Investcorp Ltd., the global
investment firm, which he joined in 2003. From 1997 to 2002, he was chairman and
chief executive of Bertelsmann AG, which he joined in 1986.
In 1999, Dr. Middelhoff co-founded and participated in Global Business Dialogue
for e-Commerce, a worldwide, CEO-led business initiative to assist in the creation
of a policy framework for the development of a global online economy. He is also
the non-executive chairman of Thomas Cook AG, a German company which is a joint
venture between KarstadtQuelle and Lufthansa.
Dr. Middelhoff serves on the boards of KarstadtQuelle AG and APCOA Parking AG, both
German companies. Other companies of which he is a board member are The Polestar
Corporation, a British company, and Fitch Ratings, a U.S./U.K. company, which is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Fimalac, S.A., a French company.
Dr. Middelhoff also serves on the board of Bewerbungskomitee Leipzig 2012, the committee
supporting the city of Leipzig's application to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
Committee Memberships: Compensation
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- Born
- May 11, 1953
Düsseldorf - Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- University of Münster
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on July 23, 2013
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