About
Appointed CEO of Haniel's management in October 2024. Previously CEO of MAN SE and MAN Truck & Bus SE (2015-2020), CFO at Drees & Sommer, and a longtime partner at private equity firm HgCapital in London; began his career at Price Waterhouse.
Experience
- HanielCEOcurrent2024 — presentDuisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
- DeftpowerInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- DeftpowerInvestorcurrent2020 — present
- ChargetripInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- ProcurosInvestorcurrent2021 — present
- AWAKE MobilityInvestorcurrent2022 — presentMetropolregion München
- JD Invest & Advisory GmbHCEOcurrent2021 — presentStuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
- Deftpower B.V.Investor Deftpower B.V.current2020 — present
- ampcontrol.ioInvestor amcontrol.iocurrent2020 — present
- MAN SEChief Executive Officer2015 — 2020Munich Area, Germany
- MAN Truck & Bus SEChief Executive Officer2015 — 2020Munich Area, Germany
- Drees & Sommer AGMember of the Executive Board2012 — 2014Stuttgart Area, Germany
- HgCapitalPartner2006 — 2012London, United Kingdom
- DaimlerDirector1996 — 2006
- Treuhandanstalt BerlinStellvertretender Branchendirektor Eisen- und Stahl1992 — 1995Berlin
- Price Waterhouse Management ConsultantsSenior Consultant1991 — 1993Stuttgart, Germany
Education
- University of StuttgartDiplom Kaufmann technisch orientiert, Controlling/Planning1985 — 1990
- Portland State UniversityMaster of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Business Administration and Management1988 — 1989
Skills & more
Private Equity20Mergers8Restructuring7Due Diligence9Corporate Finance4Venture Capital11Corporate Development12Emerging Markets2Business Strategy19Business Planning12Financial Modeling1Management Consulting5
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LBOValuationInvestmentsLanguages English · German
From Joachim's professional profile.
Colleagues at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Christian Pospiech
Senior Operating Partner at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Christian Ridder
Campus Management at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Christian Rube
Manager Finance & Treasury at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Dr. Axel Gros
Head of Finance & Treasury at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Henk Derksen
CFO at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Julia Heitmann
Head of Communications at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Julia Wautmann
Senior Investment Managerin at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Katharina Rosenbohm
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Joachim Drees work?
- Joachim Drees is CEO at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH.
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Also attended Portland State University18
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Shared employers
Also worked at Chargetrip2
Also worked at ampcontrol.io1
Also worked at HgCapital14
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