Board

The Members' Meeting is the highest decision-making body of the association and elects the Board, which conducts the association's business. In its annual strategy meeting, it lays down the objectives of BVL and defines core topics. It draws up the guidelines and adopts measures to promote the ongoing strategic development of the association. It is responsible for business management and for executing the decisions of the Members' Meeting.

Steering Committee:

President

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Raimund Klinkner
IMX Institute for Manufacturing eXcellence GmbH
Managing Partner
Martinsried, Germany

Accountant

Christian Berner
Papyrus A.B.
Member of the Board
Gothenburg, Sweden

Vice-Chairman

Dr.-Ing. Christoph Beumer
BEUMER Group GmbH & Co. KG
Chairman and CEO
Beckum

Further members of the Executive Board:

Dr. Norbert Bensel
Berlin
School of International Business and Supply Chain Management
Founding President
Bremen

Dr. Robert Blackburn
BASF SE
President Information Services
Ludwigshafen

Dr. Ottmar Gast
Hamburg Südamerikanische
Dampfschifffahrts - Gesellschaft KG
Spokesman of the Management Board
Hamburg

Jürgen Gerdes
Deutsche Post AG
Corporate Board Member MAIL
Bonn

Frauke Heistermann
AXIT AG
Member of the Management Board
Frankenthal

Prof. Dr. Michael ten Hompel
Chair of Materials Handling and Warehousing
Dortmund University of Technology
Managing Director
Fraunhofer-Institute for
Material Flow and Logistics IML
Dortmund

Karl-Heinz Lippe
DHL Supply Chain Germany & Alps
Vice President Operations - Residential Businesses
Essen

Dr. Karl Nowak
Robert Bosch GmbH
Head of Central Unit Purchasing and Logistics
Stuttgart

Dr. Karl-Friedrich Rausch
DB Mobility Logistics AG
Board Member Transport and Logistics
Berlin

Dr. Johannes Söllner
Geis Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Managing Director
Nuremberg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katja Windt
Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH
Professor of Global Production Logistics

Dr. Stefan Wolff
4flow AG
CEO
Berlin