Wife: Doris
Children: three
Retired, but stll active in political and diplomatic matters, No party member.
I “retired” at the age of 65 years and 3 weeks. From then on I became self-employed and working as Executive Advisor for very selected clients (reputed companies and governmental organisations).
At the time I spent at IMI in Geneva, I was running before (from 1978 onwards), during and afterwards the Corporate Representative Office for the MIDDLE EAST, headquartered in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, of the famous Engineering Company “LURGI”, part of the traditional “mother company”, METALLGESELLSCHAFT.
From 1984 onwards I was the head of the “METALLGESELLSCHAFT” office until 1993.
From then on I worked in the office of the Chairman for DAIMLER-Benz; DAIMLER-Chrysler and finally for DAIMER-AG, as “Director of External Affairs and Public Policy”.
During my work all over the globe, I became engaged also in a number of activities in the sphere of “Corporate Social Responsibility”, starting educational projects in Africa, Israel/Palestine up to Afghanistan and other places, etc.
Interests
At the time I am writing (2019) our “Family Book”, starting with the oldest possible document available and physically stored at the Abby of St. Gallen, CH, of the year 768. Covering 1800 years and not less than 60 generations. In our place we have a saying: If You know where you are coming from, You will know where you should go”.
Coordinates
Unter den Fichten 20, 35641 Schöffengrund, Germany