Speaker Bio
Dr. Ralf Wintergerst is Chairman of the Management Board of Giesecke+Devrient (G+D). In addition to his duties as Group CEO, he is responsible for the central areas of Corporate Strategy and Development, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Communications, Compliance Management and Auditing, Data Protection, and Legal and Corporate Governance. As the company's Labour Director, he is also responsible for Human Resources.
Alongside his role at G+D, Wintergerst is President of the German digital association Bitkom with more than 2,200 member companies as well as Vice President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI). Furthermore, he is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of secunet Security Networks AG (Essen, Germany).
Wintergerst studied business administration and holds two master’s degrees – one in management and the other in politics philosophy and economics (PPE). He earned his doctorate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich with a thesis on corporate governance and management.