Erhard Schipporeit
Independent Management Consultant
SAP SE
SAP Consulting
Germany
Biography
Dr. Erhard Schipporeit is an independent management consultant. He is a member of a number of supervisory boards, including that of SAP SE, Deutsche Börse AG, Talanx AG, BDO AG, and Hanover Rueckversicherung AG. He started his career in 1979 in the Bosch Group and in 1981 he joined VARTA AG/VARTA Battery AG, at that time a leading European battery company, where he became Chief Financial Officer in 1990 and Chief Executive and Chairman of the Executive Board in 1993.
Research Interest
After the successful restructuring of VARTA the next move in his career brought him to the Munich-based conglomerate company VIAG AG as CFO. VIAG merged in 2000 with VEBA AG to form the new E.ON AG, one of the world‘s leading utility companies, where he became member of the Executive Board and CFO from 2000 to 2006. Dr. Schipporeit has a Ph.D in Business Administration from the University of Göttingen.
