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Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Roland Koch
Professor of Management Practice in Regulated Environments
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Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Roland Koch has been Professor of Management Practice in Regulated Environments at the Frankfurt School since November 2017 and is director of the Frankfurt Competence Center for German and Global Regulation (FCCR) at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. He also practices law in his own firm.
Roland Koch is a member of the Supervisory Board of Vodafone Germany as well as Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peter Dussmann Foundation and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dussmann Stiftung & Co. KGaA.
He was Minister President of the State of Hesse from 1999 to 2010, Chairman of the Hessian CDU between 1998 and 2010 and Deputy Federal Chairman of the CDU between 2006 and 2010. After his time as Minister President, Roland Koch was Chairman of the Executive Board of Bilfinger SE from 2011 to 2014 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of UBS Europe SE from 2011 to 2021.
Koch was appointed Chairman of Ludwig Erhard Stiftung e.V. in 2020.
In October 2017, the Hanoi University of Law awarded him an honorary doctorate, and in September 2018 he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Faculty of Law at the European Business School Wiesbaden.
Curriculum Vitae
| 2017 – Present | Vice-Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Chairman of the Supervisory, Board of Dussmann, Service Deutschland KGaA at Peter Dussmann Foundation |
| 2015 – Present | Member of the Supervisory Board at Vodafone Deutschland |
| 2015 – 2021 | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and the Nomination Committee at UBS Europe SE |
| 2011 – 2016 | Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Compensation Committee at UBS Deutschland AG |
| 2011 – 2014 | Chief Executive Officer, President Bilfinger North America at Bilfinger SE, Mannheim |
| 2004 – 2010 | Deputy Chairman National Leadership at Christian Democratic Party, Germany |
| 1999 – 2010 | Member of Deutscher Bundesrat (upper house of the German parliament) |
| 1999 – 2010 | Minister President (Governor) of Federal State of Hesse* |
| 1993 – 1999 | Leader of the opposition of State Parliament of Hesse |
| 1987 – 2008 | Legislator State Parliament of Hesse |
| 1986 – 1999 | Attorney at Law, Specialized in business and labor issues at Koch & Partner (Founded firm in 1986) |
| 1985 | Admission to the bar at State of Hesse, Germany |
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Professor of Management Practice in Regulated Environments
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| Title | Programme | Semester |
| Market Economy and Regulatory Frameworks | Bachelor | Winter |
| Business in Society (CRS) & Financial Mangement and Accounting | MBA | Summer |
| Leadership & Organisational Behaviour | EMBA | Winter |
| Extracurricular Events | EMBA | Summer |