CEO Leadership Series
Gaining Insights into the World of Top Managers
The CEO Leadership Series is the flagship event series of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and takes place at the Heilbronn campus.
The goal of the event series is to connect top managers with students. The guests first hold a panel discussion and then respond to questions from the students. This gives students the opportunity to learn about the fascinating life and work of successful and renowned managers, and become familiar with different companies.
The CEO Leadership Series was inaugurated by the former President of Germany and has featured executives from various companies, including public firms that are part of the AEX 25 (Netherlands), CAC 40 (France), DAX 40 (Germany), Dow Jones 30 (USA), and SMI 20 (Switzerland), among others.
You can watch selected events from the CEO Leadership Series on our YouTube channel.
Our guests

Antonio De Matteis
CEO, Kiton
Dorothea von Boxberg
CEO, Brussels Airlines
Erich Harsch
CEO, Hornbach
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer
Director, Center Automotive Research (CAR)
Prof. Dr. Kai Gniffke
Director SWR & CEO ARD
Paolo Barbieri
CEO, Elite World Group
Prof. Dr. Pascal Morand
Executive President, FHCM ("Paris Fashion Week")
Dr. Peter Gassmann
CEO, Strategy&
Ralph Bast
CEO, Aurora
Robert Möller
CEO, Helios Kliniken
Prof. Dr. Siegried Russwurm
Chairman, Thyssenkrupp & President, BDI
Valerie Bures-Bönström
Founder & CEO, Mrs. Sporty
Sergio Azzolari Montoldi
CEO, Roberto Cavalli
Marcus Berret
Global Managing Director, Roland Berger
Dr. Leonhard Birnbaum
CEO, E.ON SE
Dr. Martin Brudermüller
CEO, BASF SE; Chairman Mercedes-Benz
Dr. Hans-Paul Bürkner
CEO, Boston Consulting Group
Dr. Roland Busch
CEO, Siemens AG
Gerd Chrzanowski
CEO, Schwarz Gruppe
Heinrich Deichmann
CEO & Chairman, Deichmann SE
Dr. Volkmar Denner
CEO, Bosch
Dr. Alexander Dibelius
CEO, Goldman Sachs AG
Dr. Ernest-W. Droege
CEO, Droege Group
Prof. Dr. Gunther Friedl
Dean, TUM School of Management
Prof. Reinhold Geilsdörfer
CEO, Dieter Schwarz Stiftung (DSS)
Christine Grotz
CEO & Shareholder, Weber-Hydraulik
Dr. Lutz Helmig
CEO & founder, Helios Kliniken
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann
President, Technische Universität München
Ingrid Hofmann
CEO & founder, I. K. Hofmann
Adam Kiciński
CEO, CD Projekt
Carsten Knobel
CEO, Henkel
Carsten Knop
Publisher, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (F.A.Z.)
Olaf Lindner
Commander, GSG 9; President, Federal Police Special Operations Command 11
Dr. Richard Lutz
CEO, Deutsche Bahn
Annette Mann
CEO, Austrian Airlines
Dr. Tobias Meyer
CEO, DHL Group
René Obermann
Chairman, Airbus; CEO, Deutsche Telekom AG
Dr. Reinhard Ploss
CEO, Infineon; Chairman, Knorr-Bremse
Grégoire Poux-Guillaume
CEO, AkzoNobel
Raynald Aeschlimann
CEO, Omega
Mariëtte Rissenbeek
CEO, Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin („Berlinale“)
Björn Rosengren
CEO, ABB
Sven Seidel
CEO, Phoenix Pharmahandel
Michael Sen
CEO, Fresenius
Nikolai Setzer
CEO, Continental
Margret Suckale
Board member, Deutsche Telekom, HeidelbergCement & Infineon Technologies
Astrid Teckentrup
CEO, Procter & Gamble (DACH)
Dr. Dominik von Achten
CEO, Heidelberg Materials
Dr. Theodor Weimer
CEO, Deutsche Börse AG
Christoph Werner
CEO, dm-drogerie markt
Christian Wulff
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