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Burkhard Schwenker (born 20 April 1958 in Minden, Germany) is a German business consultant. He served as CEO of Roland Berger (then called Roland Berger Strategy Consultants) from 2003 until July 2010, when he was appointed head of the supervisory board of the firm. He served as CEO again from May 2013 to July 2014,〔 after his successor/antecessor Martin C. Wittig stepped back due to health reasons.〔http://www.rolandberger.com/media/press_releases/513-press_archive2013_sc_content/〕 In September 2010, Schwenker was additionally appointed the head of the Roland Berger Foundation. == Education and career == Burkhard Schwenker studied mathematics and economics at the University of Bielefeld. He started his professional career as the assistant to the board of management at Papierwerke Waldhof-Aschaffenburg AG (PWA). After completing his PhD in economics, he became a member of the company then called Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in 1989, and was elected partner in 1992.〔 In 1994, he took over the management of the Center of Excellence in Corporate Development. In 1998, he led negotiations concerning the management buyout of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, between Deutsche Bank and the partners of the company. In 2003, Schwenker was appointed the head of the Executive Committee of Roland Berger, this appointment being renewed for another term by the partners in 2006.〔〔http://www.rolandberger.com/company/Burkhard_Schwenker.html, corporate profile on the company's website〕 In July 2010, he was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board. After his successor, Martin C. Wittig, stepped back for health reasons on 4 May 2013, Schwenker resumed his responsibilities as CEO, until Charles-Edouard Bouée was appointed CEO by the Partners. Schwenker then returned to his post as head of the supervisory board until 2015. In 2008 the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL) awarded him an honorary professorship.〔http://www.rolandberger.com/company/press/releases/51-press_sc_content/Honorary_professorship_for_Dr_Burkhard_Schwenker_de.html, press release of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants〕 Together with Torsten Wulf, Burkhard Schwenker has been the Academic Director of the school's Center for Scenario Planning.〔http://www.scenariomanagement.de/team, scenariomanagement.de, Website of the Leipzig Graduate School of Management〕 He sits on the Board of the German Academic Association for Business Research and is a member of the University Council at the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg. In addition, he is a Trustee of Dresden International University and the EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht (University for Business and Law). Burkhard Schwenker is also Visiting Fellow at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.〔http://www.rolandberger.com/company/management/Burkhard_Schwenker.html〕 When he changed to the Supervisory Board of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in 2010, Burkhard Schwenker created a moderate uproar by writing a farewell letter to the staff at the company in which he critically reflected upon his time as the company's CEO.〔''(Außen hart, innen ganz weich )''. In: spiegel.de, German news magazine, 6 August 2010〕〔''(Soul massage of the former Berger chief )''. In: ftd.de, German version of the Financial Times, 5 August 2010〕 Additionally, Schwenker is the initiator of Best of European Business. Burkhard Schwenker is married and has three children. He lives in Hamburg. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burkhard Schwenker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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