Ulrich Dietz

Chairman of the Administrative Board Former CEO & Managing Director and Co-Founder of GFT Technologies SE Chairman of the Personnel and Remuneration Committee and the Nomination Committee
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Biography

Member of the Administrative Board since:

08/18/2015

 

Personal data:

Date of birth: 01/25/1958
Place of birth: Pforzheim, Germany
Nationality: German

 

Education  
1980 - 1982 Study program in mechanical engineering at Reutlingen University, Germany
1983 - 1985 Study program in product engineering at the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur

 

Professional career  
1987 - 1998 Co-Founder & Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany
1998 - 2015 Chairmain of the Group Executive Board of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 - 2017 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017 Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017 Managing Partner of RB Capital GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2020 Managing Director of 1886 Ventures GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

Expertise / focuses

Management of international IT and software companies, leadership and committee skills, strategic corporate development, value-oriented corporate management, IT services, technology, business development, innovation management, experience with global institutional investors and “investor relations”, corporate investments, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, start-ups, entrepreneurship

Membership in statutory supervisory boards:

  • Festo SE & Co.KG, Esslingen, Germany

Awards and recognition

2011
Entrepreneur of the Year by EY
2017
Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
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