Dr. Dieter Spoeri joined PMC International AG by September 1, where he will be a Senior Vice President and Shareholder. Located in Berlin, he will concentrate on communications consulting for companies in the public-sector – both nationally and internationally.

Dr. Spoeri has been a member of the Bundestag for many years and served as Minister of Economics and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg. Dieter Spoeri has been active as Head of Daimler’s Corporate Representative Office for nearly ten years. Prior to his period he has been Partner at the consulting company Baumgartner & Partner.
 

Education

• Studies of Economics at the University of Tübingen, Degree: "Diplom-Volkswirt"
• Graduation as Dr. rer. soc. at Konstanz University

Professional Experience:

• 1969-1970 Planning, Standard Elektrik Lorenz, Stuttgart
• 1970-1974 Deputy Head of the Institute of Südwestdeutsche Wirtschaftsforschung, Stuttgart
• 1975 Spokesman of the "Energy and Business" group at the Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Nuclear Research Centre, Karlsruhe
• until 1975 Lecturer in economic polica ath the University of Stuttgart
• 1996-1999 Partner and shareholder of Baumgartner & Partner Unternehmensberatung GmbH, Sindelfingen
• 1999-2008 Head of Corporate Representative Office for Federal Affairs of Daimler AG, Berlin, additionally since 03/2008 Head of External Affairs and Public Policy, Daimler AG
• Since 2008 Senior Vice President and Shareholder, PMC International AG

Supervisory Board Functions:

• 1992-1994 Chariman Supervisory Board of Agency for International Economic and Scientific Coopreration, Stuttgart
• 1993-1996 Chairman Advisory Board of Landeskreditbank, Baden-Württemberg
• 1992-1996 Chairman Supervisory Board and Deputy Chairman Supervisory Board of Regional Development Company Baden-Württemberg (Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft - LEG)
• 1997-2007 Chairman Supervisory Board of Contraf-Nicotex-Tobacco GmbH, Heilbronn
• 1998-2007 Member Supervisory Board of SAP AG, Walldorf/Baden
• Seit 2007 Member of the Board of Trustees, American Academy, Berlin

Arbitrator Function:

• 1997 Arbitrator in the wage dispute of the metal and electrical industry, Pilot arbitration agreement on part-time work for older workers

Political Functions:

• since 1970 Member of SPD, Member of the Baden-Württemberg State Board (1975-1998), Member of the Board of the SPD-Bundestag parliamentary party (1984-1988),  Member of the Federal Board of the SPD (1988-1998)
• 1976-1988 Member of the German Bundestag
• 1984-1988 SPD-Bundestag parliamentary party spokesman on taxation and umpire in the German Bundestag finance committee
• 1988-1997 Member of the  Baden-Württemberg Landtag
• 1988-1992 Chairman of the SPD parliamentary party in the Baden-Württemberg Landtag
• 1992-1996 Minister of Economics and Deputy Prime Minister of the State of Baden-Württemberg as well as Member of the German Bundesrat
• 1993-1994 Chairman of the Conference of German Ministers of Economics
• until 1997 Member of the committee of the European Regions, Brussels
• since 2006 President of the Network European Movement Germany (EBD) 

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