President
Born on 30 September 1938 in Esslingen, married, two children
School-leaving certificate at the Hohenstaufen-Gymnasium in Göppingen.
University education Mechanical engineering at the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule (Swiss High-School of Technology, ETH) in Zurich.
Graduation at the ETH with a dissertation on a study carried out at CIBA AG, Basle, on the subject: "Evaluation of the job and the person as criteria for the definition of performance-related pay. Results and evaluation in the chemical industry.".
Career
1964 to 1975 Assistant to the Board of Directors and subsequently Sales Manager for boiling water reactors at AEG-Telefunken AG in Frankfurt/Main and, after the fusion of the reactor divisions of AEG and Siemens, Division Manager at Kraftwerk-Union AG, Frankfurt/Erlangen.
1975 - 2008 Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of “Allgaier Werke GmbH”, Uhingen.
Since Jan. 2008 Chairman of the Board of “Allgaier Werke GmbH”.
Honorary activities
Since Dec. 1996 President of the "Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände" (BDA), Berlin (Confederation of German Employers’ Associations)
1996 - June 2004 Vice-President of the UNICE, Brussels. Since July 2007 renamed in “BUSINESSEUROPE”.
Since July 2004 Member of the presidency of the UNICE resp. BUSINESSEUROPE
Since March 2009 Vice-President of the “BUSINESSEUROPE”.
Since July 1994 President of the "Landesvereinigung Baden-Württembergischer Arbeitgeberverbände e. V." (Confederation of Employers' Associations of Baden-Württemberg), Stuttgart.
1990 – 1996 Member of the presidency and the board of the BDA, Berlin.
1988 – 1996 Chairman of the "Verband der Metallindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V." (VMI), Stuttgart (Metal and Electrical Industry Employers’ Association of Baden-Württemberg).
Since Sept. 2003 Honorary Chairman of the "Verband der Metall- und Elektroindustrie Baden-Württemberg e. V." (Südwestmetall), Stuttgart (Metal and Electrical Industry Association of Baden-Württemberg).
1988 – 1997 Vice-president of the "Gesamtverband der metallindustriellen Arbeitgeberverbände e. V." (Gesamtmetall), Cologne (Federation of the Metal and Electrical Industry Employers’ Associations).
Since Febr. 1981 Member of the assembly of the "IHK" (Chamber of Trade), Stuttgart.
Since Nov. 1998 Member of the board of the "Deutsche Handelskammer in Österreich", Austria (German Chamber of Trade).
2001 – Nov. 2007 1st Vice President
From Nov. 2007 President of the "Deutsche Handelskammer in Österreich",
Since Jan. 2001 Member of the scientific committee of the "Zentrums für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung GmbH" (ZEW), Mannheim (Centre for European Economic Research).
Memberships
1991 - 2006 Member of the Board of Directors of "Deutsche Telekom AG", Bonn.
1991 – Nov 2010 Member of the Administrative Board of the "Landesgirokasse Stuttgart" and, after the fusion of the "Landesgirokasse", "Südwestdeutscher Landesbank" and "Landeskreditbank Baden-Württemberg" to form the "Landesbank Baden-Württemberg", member of its Administrative Board.
Since Nov. 2010 Member of the Board of Directors of “Landesbank Baden-Württemberg”
Since 1988 Member of the Board of Directors of "Karl Kässbohrer Fahrzeugwerke GmbH", Ulm (1993 - 1995 as Chairman) and, after the takeover of the company by "Daimler AG" and its integration into the subsidiary "EvoBus GmbH", Stuttgart, member of its Board of Directors.
Since 1998 Member of the Advisory Board of "Allianz Gesellschaften", Munich.
Since 2002 Chairman of the Board of "VfB Stuttgart 1893 e. V."
Since 2003 Member of the Community Committee of the "Deutsche Gewerbliche Wirtschaft", Berlin.
Since 2003 Member of the committee of “HDI-Gerling Industrie Versicherung AG“
Since June 2008 Chairman of the Board of “STINAG” Stuttgart Invest AG (since 04/93 in different predecessor companies of Stgt. Hofbräu)
Since 2005 Chairman of the Board of “Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein”, Köln
Decoration
1998 Appointed Honorary Senator of the University of Stuttgart
1998 Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1998 Freedom of the city of Uhingen
2001 Awarded the Grand Gold Medal of the province of Steiermark
2002 Awarded the "Merkur" by the Stuttgart Chamber of Trade for services to the German economy
2003 "Ring of Honour" of the town of Bad Aussee
2005 Awarded the Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver with Sash for services to the Republic of Austria
2006 Awarded the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg
2007 Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2010 Awarded of the honorary professorship of the state of Baden-Württemberg
2010 Awarded the Gold Medal of the province of Oberösterreich
2011 Awarded the Honorary Medal of the Real Academia de Ciencias Economicas y Financieras, Barcelona, Spain
Private Interests
Sport While he was at university, Dr. Hundt was a successful active footballer.
Hobbies today: Hiking, sailing, skiing, reading, music and family.
May 2011
