Dr. Martin Wansleben | CEO, DIHK

Dr. Martin Wansleben is the CEO of the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK) in Berlin, a position he has been holding since November 2001.

Prior to being elected CEO of DIHK, he was the chief executive of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA e.V.) in Frankfurt from 1999 until October 2001.

He started his career representing business with the VDMA back in 1982 with different positions within the VDMA .

Born in Cologne in 1958, Dr. Martin Wansleben studied economics at the universities of Bonn and Cologne from 1977 to 1982. I

n 1986, Dr. Wansleben obtained his PhD from the University of Tübingen. He wrote his doctoral thesis on “Productivity-Oriented Wage Policy.”

Dr. Wansleben is married and has three sons.