Ulrich Dietz

Chairman of the Administrative Board
Former CEO & Managing Director of GFT Technologies SE

Biography

Member of the Administrative Board since:

08/18/2015

Personal data:

Date of birth: 01/25/1958
Place of birth: Pforzheim, Germany
Nationality: German

Education
1980 - 1982	Study program in mechanical engineering at Reutlingen University, Germany
1983 - 1985	Study program in product engineering at the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences, Germany Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur

Professional career
1987 - 1998	Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany
1998 - 2015	Chairmain of the Group Executive Board of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart, Germany
2015 - 2017	Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017	Chairman of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2017	Managing Partner of RB Capital GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
since 2020	Managing Director of 1886 Ventures GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

Expertise / focuses

Management of international IT and software companies, leadership and committee skills, strategic corporate development, value-oriented corporate management, IT services, technology, business development, innovation management, experience with global institutional investors and “investor relations”, corporate investments, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital, start-ups, entrepreneurship