Profiles

Matthias Meuller

The brand new CEO at Porsche, he is anything but a beginner in the automotive industry, as Jane Bordenave finds out

Mika Vehviläinen

Anybody taking on the job of running a government-owned airline these days can expect turbulence. But when it’s an airline in trouble like national flag-carrier Finnair, there’s always the risk of coming down in flames.

Michael Diekmann

Diekmann’s appointment as CEO of Allianz, in 2003, was a surprise that no-one expected. Henning Schulte-Noelle, retiring CEO, had been a figurehead in Germany, Diekmann was a relatively unknown figure

Severin Schwan

Roche has revealed record sales in the teeth of a recession. Its 42-year-old CEO has masterminded its $47m takeover of Genentech. Schwan is investing in science, not short-term sales. Will it work?

Sergio Marchionne

A true pleasure to work for, Sergio Marchionne is the type of boss most companies want at the helm

Øystein Løseth

At the helm of a company at the forefront of an industry about to expode, we might hear a lot more about this innovative CEO

Marijn Dekkers

Unafraid to make wholesale changes, Bayer’s leader has forced the giant to step up a gear

Lars Nyberg

One of Sweden’s most successful sons rarely ever shies away from a challenge

Klaus Kleinfeld

In 2008 the price of aluminium plummeted from over $3,000 per tonne to below $1,500 per tonne, causing the stock price of Alcoa – one of the largest aluminium producers in the world to head in the same the direction. The outlook was grim. But fortunately for Alcoa, the firm had just signed up a […]

Joe Jimenez

With several sectors’ worth of experience under his belt, Jimenez has certainly proved to be the right man for Novartis

Jan Hommen

Asked to pull up the standards of flailing ING Group, Hommen has turned things around with apparent ease

Jean Bernard-Levy

Vivendi is a vast French based media empire with activities in music, television, telecommunications, the internet and video games. A group that is continually gaining market share, is owner of the world’s largest music company, Universal, and the biggest video-gaming company, Activision Blizzard. Think World of Warcraft and Guitar Hero. Now cut to 2002, before […]

Helmut Panke

A cloak-and-dagger style gentleman with a string of success stories, which he isn’t willing to tell himself

Hans-Paul Bürkner

Hans-Paul Bürkner is the first European to be president and chief executive of the Boston Consulting Group, so it’s fitting that he is officially based in both Frankfurt and New York

Frédéric Oudéa

One of France’s biggest banks needs a CEO to match it’s reputation

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