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Position: Management Consultant
Nationality: German
Date of Birth: January 10 1941
Degree: Ph.D. Philosophy University of Mannheim Germany
Other
Memberships:
Member of the Board Georg Fischer Ltd. Schaffhausen Switzerland
Member of the Board Bâloise-Holding Basel Switzerland
Awards: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the Federal President
Professor Roman Herzog (1999)
Konrad Adenauer Prize for literature (1988)
Career:
Since 1985 Gertrud Höhler has had a distinguished career as a management consultant working for
Germany’s largest companies including Deutsche Bank Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz.
Between 1972 and 1993 Gertrud Höhler worked as a literature professor at the University of Paderborn in
Germany. During that period and until recently Gertrud Höhler was also offered several jobs to serve as a
minister for the Christian Democrats in regional governments in Germany and in 1988 turned down an
offer by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to become the Minister for Youth and Family.
In 1987 Gertrud Höhler took a three-year leave from her university position to develop a communications
strategy for Deutsche Bank and in 1989 she worked as a communications specialist for car manufacturer
Volkswagen. Gertrud Höhler resumed teaching in 1991 and stayed at the University of Paderborn until
1993. During this period she also worked as Non-Executive Director for Grand Metropolitan Plc. in the UK.
Gertrud Höhler born in 1941 in Wuppertal Germany holds a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of
Mannheim Germany.
Gertrud Höhler is the author of numerous books and publications on cultural and social issues that among
other things call for open corporate cultures and communications policies. | 