Eckhard Cordes

Eckhard Cordes is currently the Chairman-Supervisory Board at Bilfinger SE, Chairman at real,-Holding GmbH, Director at Tertia Handelsbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Director at Eurobattery Minerals AB, and Partner at Cevian Capital Ltd. Previously, he held positions such as Chairman-Management Board & CEO at METRO AG, Chief Executive Officer at Mercedes Car Group, Chairman-Supervisory Board at McKesson Europe AG, Vice Chairman-Supervisory Board at TAKKT AG, Chairman-Executive Board at Franz Haniel & Cie.
GmbH, Chairman at GALERIA Kaufhof GmbH, Independent Non-Executive Director at Volvo AB, Director at Air Berlin Plc, Director at Rheinmetall AG, Director at SKF AB, Director at Carl Zeiss AB, Member-Executive Board at Daimler-Benz AG, Member-Executive Board at Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Head-Group Controlling & Corporate Development at AEG AG, Head-Car Group at Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc., Member-Supervisory Board at WMP EuroCom AG, and Member-Supervisory Board at Schaeffler AG.
He obtained undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the University of Hamburg.