Detlef has more than 30 years of experience leading companies within the global Logistics & Supply Chain Management sector, most recently as Chief Executive Officer of the Kuehne+Nagel Group, an innovative and sustainable global logistics solutions company. During his almost decade long tenure at Kuehne+Nagel, he led the company through an important period of growth, transformation, and consolidation, to make it the largest third-party Logistics & Supply Chain Solutions provider in the world.

Prior to his time with Kuehne+Nagel, he spent 15 years at Schenker AG in various senior management positions, including Executive Vice President of Global Contract Logistics & Supply Chain Management, as well as temporary EVP roles for land traffic, sea, and airfreight. Detlef began his career at Siemens AG and Roland Berger & Partner. He is a non-executive director and member of the supervisory board at Swissport International AG, Switzerland and Luxembourg, a non-executive director and member of the supervisory boards of Swiss Prime Site AG, Switzerland and Accelleron Industries AG, Switzerland, and a non-executive director at PSA International Pte Ltd (“PSAI”), Singapore and LOGISTEED, Japan.