Karl Gernandt – Vice Chairman
Board of Directors
German, 1960
After graduating with a Master in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, Karl Gernandt worked for Deutsche Bank AG from 1988 to 1996. There he held positions in corporate and retail banking in Germany, Asia and the USA. From 1997 to 1999, he set his mark on the Financial Institution Group of A.T. Kearney GmbH. In 1999, Karl Gernandt moved to Holcim (Deutschland) AG as CFO, in 2000, he was appointed CEO and at the same time member of the European Board of Holcim Ltd, Switzerland. In 2007, he became CEO of Holcim Western Europe, Brussels. On October 1, 2008, Karl Gernandt was nominated as CEO and since May 2016 has been the first Executive Chairman and since April 2024 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kuehne Holding AG, Schindellegi (Feusisberg). He was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Kühne Logistics University GmbH (KLU), Hamburg, until November 2022. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Kühne Foundation.
Other significant activities: Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg; member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG; member of the Board of Directors of SIGNA Prime Selection AG, Innsbruck (until April 10, 2024); member of the Board of Directors of Hochgebirgsklinik Davos AG, Davos.
Positions within the Kuehne+Nagel Group
- 2008 – 2009: Member of the Board of Directors
- 2009 – 2011: Executive Vice Chairman and Delegate of the Board of Directors
- 2009 – today: Member of the Audit Committee
- 2013: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Group
- 2011 – 2016: Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
- 2011 – 2016: Chairman of the Chairman’s Committee
- 2011 – 2016: Member of the Nomination and Compensation Committee
- 2016 - today: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors elected until the Annual General Meeting 2025
- 2016 - today: Chairman of the Nomination and Compensation Committee elected until the Annual General Meeting 2025
- 2016 - today: Member of the Chairman’s Committee
