Eckhard Cordes

Dr. Eckhard Cordes is a Chairman-Supervisory Board at Bilfinger SE, a Chairman at real,-Holding GmbH and a Partner at Cevian Capital Ltd. He is on the Board of Directors at Eurobattery Minerals AB, METRO Group International Retail Holding Ltd. and Tertia Handelsbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.
Dr. Cordes was previously employed as an Independent Non-Executive Director by Volvo AB, a Member-Supervisory Board by Schaeffler AG, a Chairman-Management Board & CEO by METRO AG /Old/, a Chairman-Executive Board by Franz Haniel & Cie.
GmbH, a Member-Executive Board by Daimler AG, a Member-Executive Board by Daimler-Benz AG, a Head-Group Controlling & Corporate Development by AEG AG, a Chairman by GALERIA Kaufhof GmbH, a Chairman-Supervisory Board by Celesio AG, a Chief Executive Officer by Mercedes Car Group, a Head-Car Group by Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc., a Vice Chairman-Supervisory Board by TAKKT AG, and a Member-Supervisory Board by WMP EuroCom AG.
He also served on the board at Air Berlin Plc, Carl Zeiss AB, Rheinmetall AG and SKF AB. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Hamburg and a doctorate degree from the University of Hamburg.