The Group Executive Committee

 

“The coronavirus pandemic has shown that the TÜV NORD GROUP provides system- and socially relevant services in many areas. We played our part in ensuring that the world could continue to function safely and securely even during the crisis.”

DR. DIRK STENKAMP,
Chairman of the Board of Management

 

 

 

“If we are going to develop into a knowledge group, we need committed people with wide-ranging expertise. Open dialogue in mixed teams from all over the world is the basis for shaping this process.”

DR. ASTRID PETERSEN,
Chief Human Resources Officer
as of 1 January 2021

 

 

 

“In our more than 150-year history, we have always been given a great deal of responsibility: starting with the monitoring of steam boilers – and now with testing the coronavirus warning app for security.”

JÜRGEN HIMMELSBACH,
Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

“We have learned that a playful approach to work and the space to come up with ideas are crucial for creative development. For example, in our Digital Academy.”

HARALD REUTTER,
Chief Human Resources Officer 
until 31 December 2020

 

 

 

“Remote working is now part of our daily business. This is making us even more flexible. The years of ­experience and knowledge of our employees remain the measure of all things.”

DR. RALF JUNG,
Industrial Services business unit

 

 

 

“Self-driving cars are no longer the stuff of science fiction, but at the same time we still have a lot of stages of development ahead of us. That’s what we’re working on at TÜV NORD.”

HARTMUT ABELN,
Mobility business unit

 

 

 

“We aim to use hydrogen as a virtually inexhaustible and clean source of energy. This goal is based on the experience drawn from other technological fields.”

DR. MAIK TIEDEMANN,
Engineering and Natural Resources business unit

 

 

 

“The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t after all reduced the need for vocational education and training to zero. We’re now working to improve and expand our online product portfolio.“

JÖRG BECKS,
Training business unit

 

 

 

“Every image and every measurement taken from space will help us unlock the secrets of how the universe began. We will no doubt discover things whose existence has never even occurred to us.”

LUIS GÓMEZ,
Aerospace business unit

 

 

 

 

 

“IT knowledge continues to evolve fast. Quantum computers will soon be widely available. We must also fend off attacks on classical cryptographic mechanisms. That’s what we’re preparing for right now.”

DIRK KRETZSCHMAR,
IT business unit