Eckhard Cordes is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 7 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Bilfinger SE and Chairman of real,-Holding GmbH.

He is also on the board of Volvo AB, Tertia Handelsbeteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and METRO Group International Retail Holding Ltd.

In the past Dr. Cordes was Chief Executive Officer at Mercedes Car Group, Chairman-Management Board & CEO of METRO AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at McKesson Europe AG, Chairman for GALERIA Kaufhof GmbH, Chairman-Executive Board at Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH, Member-Executive Board at Daimler-Benz AG, Head-Group Controlling & Corporate Development at AEG AG and Head-Car Group at Mercedes-Benz Canada, Inc.

Eckhard Cordes received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from the University of Hamburg.