Chairmen

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz was born in 1959, became officer of the German Army in 1978 and studied economics at Saarland University (Germany) and University of Michigan (USA) from 1980 to 1984. Since 2000 he has been a professor of economics. His scientific work is devoted to the theory and practice of international trade and new institutional economics. He started his career in the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Karlsruhe in 1988. From 1996 to 2017 he was CEO of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, for which he currently works as representative and counsellor. Prof. Dr. Schmidt-Trenz is President of the Hamburg School of Business Administration and Chairman of the “Hamburg Summit: China meets Europe”. He is also member of the Executive Committee of the World Chambers Federation and chairman of the working group of the European Chamber CEOs.

Robert Lorenz-Meyer is a board member of Ernst Russ AG. In addition to his assignment as commissioner for International Affairs of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, he is a member of the advisory board of Allianz Global and Corporate Specialty SE, a member of the board of directors and vice chairman of the leading mutual marine insurance company West of England and former president of the Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO).