Gerhard Federer is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 5 different companies and holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Dürr AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board for Homag Group AG (a subsidiary of Dürr AG).

He is also on the board of Schunk Iberica SA and Schunk Wien Gesellschaft mbH.

In his past career he held the position of Chief Executive Officer of Schunk Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Vice President at Glatfelter Corp. and Commercial Director at Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH & Co. KG (a subsidiary of Glatfelter Corp.), Marketing Controller & Head-Planning & Control at E Scheurich Pharmwerk, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Körber AG, Chief Executive Officer of SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG and Head-Business Planning at Heinrich Heine GmbH.