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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Hermann Meyer
Personal Data_______________________________________________________________________________________________
Name Dr. Hermann Meyer Date/place of Birth 06/11/1963, Würzburg, Germany
Nationality German Family Status married, two children
Phone +32-2-400 07 10 E-Mail [email protected]
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Occupational Career___________________________________________________________________
Since Feb. 2008
2006 –2008
Chief Executive Officer of ERTICO-ITS Europe
Head of the Government Relations Office of the Volkswagen Group to the EU, Brussels
Representing the interests of the Volkswagen Group towards the relevant EU institutions and other stakeholders.
Member of the Group of Representatives (BARS), Working Group “CO2” and the Task Force “Airconditioning” within ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association).
Main current issues: climate protection, safety, energy security, recycling, and competitiveness.
2003 –2006 ACEA, European Automobile Manufacturers Association, Brussels, Director Environmental Policy (seconded by Volkswagen)
Representing the Interests of the European Automobile Industry regarding climate protection as well as broad environmental policy topics.
Management of the Strategy Group “CO2” at ACEA – strategic interests in climate protection.
Chairman of several Working Groups within ACEA: Working Group “CO2”, Working Group “Environment”, Working Group “Mobile Air Conditioning Systems”. The Working Groups formulate ACEA positions and support their effective lobbying towards politics.
Member of the Steering Committee regarding “CO2-Commitment of the Automobile Industry” of the European Commission.
Member of the Working Groups “Climate Protection” and “Integrated Product Policy” at BusinessEurope.
Dec. 2000 – June 2003
Volkswagen Group, Sustainability Strategy and Business Processes, Wolfsburg
Project Manager of the “Mobility 2030” project for the Volkswagen Group: strategic positioning and representation of interests of the Volkswagen Group within the international initiative “Mobility 2030” at the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
Chairman of the working group „Vehicle Technology 2030“ within the project „Mobility 2030“.
July 1996 –Nov. 2000
Volkswagen Group, Government Relations, Office Bonn/Berlin, Senior Consultant: “Technology and Science”
Representing the interests of the Volkswagen Group on all technical and scientific matters.
Representation of the Volkswagen Group within the Initiative by the Federal Ministry of Transport: "Future Potential of Resource Saving Technologies and Environmentally Friendly Energy Technologies in the Transport Sector".
Member of the Working Group „Taxation“ of ACEA.
National Expert in the initiative „Concerted Action on Non-Technical Measures and their Impacts on Air Quality and Emissions" of the European Commission.
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Sept. 1996 –June 1997
Federal Ministry of Transport, Principal Department, Bonn (seconded by Volkswagen)
Coordination of the Research Initiative "Mobility and Transport" between the Federal Ministry of Transport and the Federal Ministry of Research.
Development and Coordination of the Initiative by the Federal Ministry of Transport: "Future Potential of Resource Saving Technologies and Environmentally Friendly Energy Technologies in the Transport Sector".
1995-1996 Volkswagen AG, Department for Research, Environment and Transport, Wolfsburg
Preparation of positions to environmental policies and representation of the Volkswagen Group within the different working groups of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development.
1996 Lecturer in Environmental Economics at the Polytechnic Braunschweig/Wolfenbüttel.
1993-1995 Lecturer in Resource and Environmental Economics in the Master of Science Program at the University of Edinburgh in Ecological Economics/ Institute of Ecology and Resource Management.
Education____________________________________________________________________
1989-1993 Ph.D program at the University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy, Cambridge/UKDissertation: "Competition between Technologies"
1990-1991 Supervisor of First Year Students in Macroeconomics, Micro-economics, and Welfare Economics at the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge.1989-1990 Common Room Treasurer at St. Edmund's College, Cambridge.
1988-1989 "Advanced Studies Program in International Economic Policy Research" at the Institute of World Economics at Kiel/Germany
1987-1988 Master of Arts in Economics at the University of New York at Albany/USA
1986-1987 Vordiplom in Economics at the Bayerische Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg
1985-1986 Studies of Romanistics / Germanistics at the Bayerische Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg
1984-1985 Civil Service at the Institute for Deaf and Dumb Children in Würzburg
1970-1984 Primary School and Gymnasium (High School) in Würzburg
Scholarships 1990-1993 Grant in the framework of the Stimulation Plan For Economic Science/Commission of the European Communities
1988-1989 Stipend of the "Stiftung Volkswagenwerk"
1987-1988 Scholarship of the State University of New York at Albany
Languages
Other Interests
German (native), English (fluent), French (good)
Tennis, Literature, Film
