Wolf Klinz

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Wolf Klinz, MEP

Wolf Klinz (born 13 September 1941, Wien) is an MEP for Germany from Free Democratic Party - The Liberals.

Affiliations

• Member, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs
• Member, Delegation to the EU-Mexico Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Member, Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
• Substitute, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee
• Substitute, Delegation for relations with Australia and New Zealand

Personal Information

Curriculum Vitae

• Graduated (1963) and doctorate (1965) in the "Hochschule für Welthandel", Vienna, after studies in Paris, Vienna, Madrid and Berlin.
• MBA at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (1966).
• Assistant and District Sales Manager in the motor vehicle industry (UK, D, USA) (1966-1970).
• Project leader and partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc. (UK, D, F) (1970-1981).
• Managing Director, VEGLA Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH (D) (1981-1984).
• Board member, Landis & Gyr AG (CH) (1984-1990).
• Board member, Treuhandanstalt (Berlin) (1990-1994).
• Board member, plant construction, automation and surveying companies (Frankfurt am Main) (1994-2003).
• President, Chamber of Trade and Industry, Frankfurt am Main, and spokesman for the Hesse CTIs (2001-2004).
• Board member, Conference of German Chambers of Trade and Industry (Berlin) (2001-2004).
• Vice-President of Eurochambres (Brussels) (2003-2004).
• Various supervisory board memberships (since 1982).
• Currently on supervisory board of Zumtobel AG (Dornbirn/Austria), AVECO AG (Frankfurt am Main) and Herlitz AG (Berlin/Germany), member of the IVG AG advisory committee (advisory committee - Belgium), member of the Board of Governors of the Hochschule für Musik und darstellende Kunst (Frankfurt am Main), member of the general assembly of the Chamber of Trade and Industry (Frankfurt/Main), and member of the industry and research committee of the Conference of German Chambers of Trade and Industry (DIHK).
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Medal, Frankfurt am Main University. Frankfurt am Main CTI Medal of Honour. Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria.

Contact

Address:

Parlement européen

Bât. Altiero Spinelli

10G154

60, rue Wiertz / Wiertzstraat 60

B-1047 Bruxelles/Brussel

Phone:

+32 (0)2 28 45641

Email:

wolf.klinz@europarl.europa.eu

Website:

http://www.wolf-klinz.de

Resources

• European Parliament, Erklärung der finanziellen Interessen der Mitglieder: Wolf Klinz, 11 December 2008, accessed 21 March 2009.
• European Parliament, MEP Directory: Wolf Klinz, accessed 21 March 2009.