Roland Koch
 Roland Koch     ( politician) | |
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| Born | 24 March 1958 Frankfurt am Main, West Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | Goethe University Frankfurt |
| Parents | Karl-Heinz Koch |
| Party | CDU |
Roland Koch is a German politician.
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Background
Koch's father Karl-Heinz Koch (1924-2007) was a CDU politician and from 1970 to 1987 a member of the state parliament of Hesse; from 1987 to 1991 he was Hessian Minister of Justice.
Education
After graduating from high school in 1977, Koch did his basic military service from 1977 to 1978 and then studied law at the [[University of Frankfurt]. He passed the first state examination in law in 1982 and the second in 1985. He was admitted to the bar since 1985.
Career
Specializing in business law and competition law, he practiced this profession in Eschborn until 1999.
From 1983 until 1987, Koch was vice-chair of the federal youth organization of the CDU.
In the 1987 state elections, Koch was elected to the State Parliament of Hesse. From 1998 onward, Koch was chair of the CDU in Hesse.
Life after politics
On 29 October 2010, Koch was announced as designated chief executive officer of Bilfinger Berger, Germany's second-largest builder.[1] In the following years, he orchestrated a reshuffle at the company away from civil engineering and construction in favor of higher-margin industrial services.[2]
During his tenure, Bilfinger Berger also agreed with the United States Department of Justice in 2013 to pay $32 million to the United States to resolve U.S. criminal charges that it bribed Nigerian officials to obtain contracts on a gas project in the African nation.[3] In August 2014, he stepped down from the position on mutually agreed terms after he took responsibility for two profit warnings.[4]
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
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| Bilderberg/2009 | 14 May 2009 | 17 May 2009 | Greece Vouliagmeni | The 57th Bilderberg |
| Bilderberg/2012 | 31 May 2012 | 3 June 2012 | US Virginia Chantilly | The 58th Bilderberg, in Chantilly, Virginia. Unusually just 4 years after an earlier Bilderberg meeting there. |
| Bilderberg/2013 | 6 June 2013 | 9 June 2013 | Watford UK | The 2013 Bilderberg group meeting. |
| Munich Security Conference/2013 | 1 February 2013 | 3 February 2013 | Germany Munich Bavaria | The 49th Munich Security Conference |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2007 | 24 January 2007 | 28 January 2007 | Switzerland WEF | Only the 450 public figures listed of ~2200 participants |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2012 | 25 January 2012 | 29 January 2012 | Switzerland WEF | 2113 guests in Davos |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2013 | 23 January 2013 | 27 January 2013 | Switzerland WEF | 2500 mostly unelected leaders met to discuss "leading through adversity" |
| WEF/Annual Meeting/2014 | 22 January 2014 | 25 January 2014 | Switzerland WEF | 2603 guests in Davos considered "Reshaping The World" |
References
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20101101194048/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-10-29/bilfinger-names-koch-ceo-after-the-merkel-ally-quits-politics.html
- ↑ Georgina Prodhan (3 September 2014), Bilfinger warns on profit again after CEO exit Reuters.
- ↑ Bilfinger to pay $32 mln over U.S. corruption charges Reuters, 9 December 2013.
- ↑ Ludwig Burger (4 August 2014), Bilfinger CEO quits after second profit warning since June Reuters.
