Prof. Dr.-Ing. e. h. Hans-Olaf Henkel

The ethics of success. Rules of the game for a globalized society

As President of the BDI, Hans-Olaf Henkel triggered a broad discussion about the right economic and socio-political course in Germany with his call for a new approach and more flexibility. Prof. Henkel was born in Hamburg in 1940 and trained as a forwarding agent. He went on to study economics, business administration and sociology at the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics. Within a very short time, Hans-Olaf Henkel took on management positions at IBM. After more than thirty years with IBM in India, Southeast Asia, France and the USA and finally as IBM Europe CEO with 90,000 employees, Prof. Henkel was voted “Ã-komanager of the Year” in 1992.Hans-Olaf Henkel was President of the Federation of German Industries for five years from 1995 and then President of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Association until 2005. In 2014, he was elected as a Member of the European Parliament. There he represents the ALFA party within the ECR Group. Prof. Henkel is a sought-after speaker at events and conferences.

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1991 Awarded the “Karmarsch Memorial Medal” of the TU Hannover
1992 Honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Dresden
1992 Eco-manager of the year by Capital magazine and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF)
1992 Innovation Award of the German Economy from the magazine Wirtschaftswoche
1995 Winner of the “Dinosaur of the Year” negative prize awarded by the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union
1998 “Order of the Southern Cross” by the President of Brazil
1999 “Order of the Sacred Treasure” by the Emperor of Japan
2000 “Commandeur” of the French Legion of Honor
2001 Cicero Speaker Award (“Best Business Speaker”)
2002 Henkel refused to accept the Federal Cross of Merit awarded to him for reasons of Hanseatic tradition
2003 Corine International Book Prize for the book “The Ethics of Success”
2003 Ludwig Erhard Prize for business journalism
2006 German SME Award of the markt intern publishing house “for his advocacy against the compulsory membership of SMEs in chambers of industry and commerce”, among other things
2007 Awarded the Friedrich A. von Hayek Medal