Ulrich Dietz

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

Biography

Member of the Administrative Board since:

18.08.2015

Personal data:

Date of birth: 25.01.1958
Place of birth: Pforzheim, Germany
Nationality: german

Education
1980 - 1982	Study of mechanical engineering at Reutlingen University
1983 - 1985	Studies of Product Engineering at the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences Degree: Diplom-Ingenieur

Professional career
1987 - 1998	Managing Director of Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer GmbH, St. Georgen
1998 - 2015	Chairman of the Group Executive Board of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
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
Since 2017	Managing Partner of RB Capital GmbH, Stuttgart
Since 2020	Managing Director of 1886 Ventures GmbH, Stuttgart

Expertise / Focus areas

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