Dietmar Harting

After joining the company in 1967, Dietmar Harting was initially engaged in the commercial area. Today he is Member of the Board and is also active in numerous organizations and associations. In acknowledgement of his achievements, Dietmar Harting was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit, First Class.
Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dietmar Harting
Date of birth: September 15, 1939
Studied electrical engineering and economics in Munich, Hanover and Cologne
1967 Graduated in Business Administration
1967 Joined his father's company
1973 Managing shareholder
2015 Member of the Board, Partner
Dietmar Harting is
- Honorary President
of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), since 2004, for life - Honorary Member
of the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE), since October 2006 - Honorary Chairman
of the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE), since 2010 - Honorary Chairman
of Professional Association 23 (Electronic Components and Systems/ECS) of the ZVEI, since May 2003 - Personal Member
of the State Board of Trustees of the German Industry Association Promoting Science and Learning in North Rhine Westphalia, since September 2010 - Chairman
of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, from January 1997 to October 2014 - Honorary Member
of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, since October 2014 - Member
of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Messe AG, from November 1996 (Deputy Chairman as of 2002) to June 2014 - Member
of the Presidential Committee of Deutsche Messe AG, from February 2002 to June 2014 - Member
of the Messe München Exhibitor Advisory Board, January 2003 to December 2004 - Member
of the Cluster Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster it's OWL, since September 2011 - President
of CENELEC – the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, from January 2008 to September 2009 - President
of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), from November 2003 to September 2009
Awards
2013 Erich Gutenberg Award
2010 Gold pin awarded by the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE)
2010 Honorary doctorate from Leibniz University Hanover
2009 Honorary citizen of the town of Espelkamp
2009 Ring of Honor awarded by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
2009 Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
2008 Honorary gold medal of Deutsche Messe AG
2004 Order of Merit, First Class, of Lower Saxony
1998 Federal Cross of Merit