Klaus Richter is on the board of Airbus Defence & Space GmbH and President for Bundesverband der Deutschen Luft- und Raumfahrtindustrie eV, Head-Procurement at Airbus SAS and Chief Procurement Officer at Airbus SE.

In his past career Dr. Richter was Senior Vice President-Materials Purchasing at Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board at Premium AEROTEC GmbH.

He received a doctorate from Technische Universität München.