Eckhard Cordes
Board member
Management
Volvo Group
Sweden
Biography
Eckhard Cordes is the Member of the Volvo CE-committee, Born in 1950 and holds MBA and PhD from University of Hamburg. He is the Partner in Cevian Capital and EMERAM Capital Partners. Member of the Executive Committee of Eastern European Economic Relations of German Industry.He started with Daimler Benz AG, where he has held several management positions, such as head of the trucks and buses business, Head of Group Controlling, Corporate Development and M&A in AEG AG and CEO of Mercedes Car Group. Previously CEO of Metro AG, senior advisor at EQT and Board member of Air Berlin, SKF, Carl Zeiss and Rheinmetall AG. Since 2012 partner in Cevian Capital and EMERAM Capital Partners respectively.
Research Interest
Soft matierials
