Hartmut Mehdorn

Hartmut Mehdorn in March 2008

Hartmut Mehdorn during the inauguration ceremony of the redeveloped Dresden Hauptbahnhof

Hartmut Mehdorn (born 31 July 1942 in Warsaw) is a German manager and current in the supervisory board of Air Berlin, until May 2009: CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG.

Biography

After studying mechanical engineering in Berlin, he joined the construction development section of Focke-Wulf in Bremen. From 1966 to 1978, Mehdorn worked for what later became known as the "Vereinigte Flugtechnische Werke-Fokker GmbH", his last position being that of production head at the "Nordwerke" of MBB (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm). From 1979 to 1984, he was a member of the management of Airbus Industrie S.A. in Toulouse, France, where he was responsible for production, purchasing, and quality assurance. Between 1984 and 1989, the graduate engineer was head of the 'MBB Transport- und Verkehrsflugzeuge' group in Hamburg and from 1985 was also a member of the MBB management team in Munich.

From 1989 to 1992, Mehdorn had a joint function as chairman of Deutsche Airbus GmbH in Hamburg and, from 1992 to 1995, he was a member of the board of Deutsche Aerospace AG in Munich where he was responsible for the aviation corporate division. He was then chairman of the board of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG from 1997 to 1999, and, from 1998 to 1999, was also a member of the board of RWE where he was responsible for industrial holdings.

Hartmut Mehdorn has been CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of Deutsche Bahn AG in Berlin since the end of 1999. His contract with Deutsche Bahn runs until 2011. He offered his resignation to the supervisory board on March 30, 2009.

Mehdorn is married to Frenchwoman Hélène Mehdorn (née Vuillequez) and has three grown-up children. He said in an interview that he speaks English with his wife, because they didn't know each others language when they met and fell in love during Mehdorn's assignment in Toulouse, whereas his wife speaks French with their children while he speaks German with them. Mehdorn is in the board of Stiftung Lesen.

External links

• Mehdorn's Profile at the Deutsche Bahn corporate website

Preceded by Johannes Ludewig

CEO of Deutsche Bahn AG 1999 – 2009

Succeeded by Rüdiger Grube

Persondata
Name	Mehdorn, Hartmut
Alternative names
Short description	Chairman of Deutsche Bahn
Date of birth	July 31, 1942
Place of birth	Warsaw
Date of death
Place of death