Personal data
	Year of birth	1949
	Nationality	USA
	Education	Master of Business Administration, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
		B.S.M.E. General Motors Institute (now Kettering University), USA
	Career
	since 2005	GBS Laboratories LLC, Herndon, VA, USA Chairman and CEO
	2004 – 2005	Afghanistan Reconstruction Group, US Department of State, Kabul, Afghanistan Chief of Staff
	since 2001	Sulzer Ltd, Winterthur, Switzerland Member of the Board of Directors
	2000	Lockheed, Bethesda, MD, USA President and Chief Operating Officer
	1999	General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI, USA Executive Vice President, New Business Strategies
	1992 – 2000	Saab Auto AB, Trollhatten, Sweden Chairman
	1992 – 1998	General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI, USA Executive Vice President
	1994 – 1998	General Motors International Operations, Zurich, Switzerland President
	1992 – 1994	General Motors International Operations, Zurich, Switzerland Executive Vice President
	1992 – 1994	General Motors Europe, Zurich, Switzerland President
	1989 – 1992	Adam Opel AG, Rüsselsheim, Germany Chairman of the Management Board

	Binding Interests
	Board Member ABB
	Board Member AB Electrolux
	Board Member GBS Laboratories (Chairman)
	Board Member Maxager Technology (Chairman)
	Board Member MTU Aero Engines
	Board Member Akzo Nobel
	Member of the British Telecom US Advisory Board