Dr. Detlef Trefzger studied at Muenster and Kingston upon Hull and attained a degree in Business Management by Vienna University of Business and Economics. In 1989 he started his career as a Project Manager, Industrial & Building Systems Group at Siemens AG, Erlangen, Germany. In 1994 he joined Roland Berger & Partner, Munich, Germany, as a Principal in the Competence Center Transportation & Logistics. From 1999 to 2003 he worked as a Member of the Board and CFO of the region South East Europe at Schenker & Co AG, Vienna, Austria. From 2004 to October 2012 Dr. Detlef Trefzger was a Member of the Executive Board of Schenker AG, Essen, Germany, and responsible for Global Contract Logistics/Supply Chain Management. In addition, he was Executive Vice President Global Air Freight and Global Ocean Freight in 2012.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

2013–2015
Executive Vice President Contract Logistics of the Group

2016
Executive Vice President Airfreight of the Group

2013–today
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Group
Chief Executive and Chairman of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel International AG

Graduated as Master in Economics from Vienna University of Business and Economics.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

1996–2006
Various Management positions in Finance

2006–2009
Regional CFO North West Europe

2009–2014
Director of Corporate Finance & Investor Relations

2014–today
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Group

Lawyer (assessor iur.). Various national and international management positions with Siemens, amongst others, Vice President Human Resources Siemens AG for Enterprise & International HR ICN from 1998 to 2002. Member of the Management Board of T-Mobile International. Responsible for Global Human Resources with T-Mobile AG and Deutsche Telekom from 2002 until March 2009.

Other significant activities: Member of the Executive Board of WHU Foundation, Vallendar; Chairman of the CHRO Circle Swiss and National Trustee of the German Committee of AIESEC registered association, Bonn.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

2009–today
Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the Group 

2010–today
Corporate Secretary

Graduated computer scientist. Positions in IT management including CIO with Deutsche Post World Net (DPWN) from 2002 to 2005, responsible for DHL Europe and DHL Germany as well as member of the Supervisory Board in several DPWN-associated companies.

Position within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

2005–today
Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Group

After completing an apprenticeship as a freight forwarder he started his career with Kuehne + Nagel in 1990 where he held various positions in Sales and Operations. In 1997 he joined Deutsche Post DHL, Germany, as General Manager for Key Accounts and Industry Sectors, and worked in various management positions until he became CEO of DHL Freight, Germany, in February 2010. In February 2013 Stefan Paul joined Kuehne + Nagel as a Member of the Management Board, responsible for the Business Unit Overland.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

1990–1997
Various management positions in Sales and Operations

2013–today
Executive Vice President Overland

Graduated from the Norwegian School of Management.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

1990–1996
Operational and Finance Manager Kuehne + Nagel Norway

1997–2011
Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel Norway

2011–2013
Regional Manager North West Europe

2013–2016
Regional Manager Western Europe

2016–today
Executive Vice President Airfreight of the Group

Graduated as a shipping agent. From 1978 to 1997 he held various positions globally with Hapag-Lloyd, including three years in the United States as Trade Manager Far East-Europe.

Positions within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

1997–1999
Member of the Management Board of Kuehne + Nagel Germany, responsible for Seafreight

1999–2011
Senior Vice President Global Seafreight

2011–today
Executive Vice President Seafreight of the Group

Graduated as Electronic Engineer from Turin Polytechnic University. Gianfranco Sgro started his career in 1992 as a Project Manager at TNT Express. From 1995 to 2006 he held various national and international positions with TNT Logistics (Operational Director in Brazil, President and Managing Director South America, President and Managing Director Italy). From 2006 until 2012 he was nominated Regional President South Europe, Middle East and Africa with CEVA. From 2012 to 2014 he worked as South America Chief Operating Officer with Pirelli. In February 2015 Gianfranco Sgro joined Kuehne + Nagel as a Member of the Management Board, responsible for the Business Unit Contract Logistics.

Position within the Kuehne + Nagel Group:

2015–today
Executive Vice President Contract Logistics of the Group