Professor Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG up to 2015
Personal Data
April 10, 1943 born in Verl, Germany
Married, 1 daughter
Education
1971 Doctorate in Engineering (Dr.-Ing.) with a thesis on:
Analytical and experimental investigations into stability
Limits in turning machining, Berlin Technical University, Germany
1970 – 1972 Research Assistant at the Institute of Machine Tools and
Production Technology at Berlin Technical University, Germany
1966 – 1969 Berlin Technical University, Germany
1962 – 1965 Study of Production Technology at the State Engineering School in Bielefeld, Germany
1953 –1959 Secondary school, GCE O-levels
Professional Affiliations
05/2004 – 05/2015 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG, Germany
16 May 2002 Member of the Supervisory Board of BMW AG, Germany
5 February 1999 Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Germany
March 1998 Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, Engineering and Production, Germany
November 1993 Joined BMW AG as Member of the Board of Management, Production, Germany
1991 – 1993 Dean of the Faculty for Mechanical Engineering at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
1981 – 1993 Professor of Machine Tools and Management Science at the Technical University of Munich, Germany
1992 Called to the Technical University of Berlin, Germany
1988 Called to ETH Zurich, Switzerland
1978 – 1981 Head of the ‘Automatic Turning Machines’ division at Werkzeugmaschinen Gildemeister AG, Bielefeld, Germany
1972 – 1978 Executive employee at Werkzeugmaschinenfabrik Gildemeister AG, Bielefeld, Germany
Mandates
Since 2005 Bertelsmann AG (Vice Chairman)
Since 2004 Chairman of the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt Board of Trustees
Professional Association / Society Memberships
2003 – 2016 Deere & Company, Moline, U S A
2002 – 2015 Member of the Supervisory Board BMW AG, Munich, Germany (Chairman 2004 – 2015)
2003 – 2013 Member of the Supervisory Board Festo AG, Esslingen, Germany (Chairman 2011 – 2013)
2008 – 2011 Member of the Supervisory Board ZF Friedrichshafen, Friedrichshafen, Germany
2007 – 2012 Member of the Supervisory Board of SAP AG, Walldorf, Germany
2000 – 2003 Member of the Supervisory Board Royal Dutch Shell, London / Rotterdam
2001 – 2006 Member of the Advisory Board, Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich, Germany
2002 – 2007 Member of the Supervisory Board of MAN AG, Munich, Germany (Vice Chairman)
2002 – 2008 Member of the Senate and Member of the Executive committee of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany
2003 – 2006 Member of the Supervisory Board of Leipziger Messe GmbH, Leipzig, Germany
2005 – 2008 Member of the Senate of the Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft, Berlin, Germany
2000 – 2009 Member of the Partner Committee TÜV Süddeutschland Holding AG, Munich, Germany
2002 - 2009 Founding President of acatech – Council of Technical Sciences of the Union of German Academies of Sciences and Humanities
Awards and Honors
2015 Induction into the Hall of Fame for Business, Germany
2014 Heinrich-Hertz Guest Professor at the Technical University of Karlsruhe, Germany
2012 Georg-Schlesinger Award, Berlin, Germany
2011 Induction into the Hall of Fame for Science, Germany
2010 Honorary Professorship at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
2010 Medal of the Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art, Germany
2008 Hanns Martin Schleyer Award, Germany
2005 Arthur Burkhardt Prize of the Arthur Burkhardt Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany
2004 Honorary doctorate of Berlin Technical University, Germany
2004 Carl Friedrich Gauß Medal of the Braunschweigische-Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, Germany
2003 Member of the Honorary Senate of the Foundation of the Nobel Laureates‘ Meetings at Lindau am Bodensee, Germany
2003 Ernst-Blickle Prize of the SEW-Eurodrive Foundation, Bruchsal, Germany
2002 “Heiße Kartoffel”, Mitteldeutscher Presseclub, Germany
2002 Bavarian Medal of Environment, Germany
2002 BILD “Osgar”, BILD/Springer Publishing House, Germany
2001 Honorary Award “Golden Steering Wheel”, Axel-Springer Publishing House, Germany
2001 General Pierre Nicolau Award of the CIRP
2000 Grashof Commemorative Coin of the VDI (Society of German Engineers)
1999 State Medal for Special Services to Bavaria Industry
1998 Honorary Professorship for machine tools and management science at Munich Technical University, Germany
1996 Honorary doctorate of Hanover University, Germany
1994 Honorary doctorate of Ljubljana University, Slovenia
1994 Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
1992 Herwart Opitz Medal of the VDI (Society of German Engineers)
1991 Fritz Winter Prize of the Fritz Winter Foundation
1988 Sponsorship Award for German scientists:
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Program of the German Research Society
Publications
Milberg, J. (ed.) Wettbewerbsfähigkeit durch Integration (Competitiveness through Integration), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1988
Milberg, J. (ed.) Wettbewerbsfaktor Zeit in Produktionsunternehmen (Competition Factor Time in Manufacturing Enterprises), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1991
Milberg, J. Von CAD/CAM zu CIM (From CAD/CAM to CIM), Verlag TÜV Rheinland, Köln 1992, Germany
VDI-Gemeinschafts- Rechnerintegrierte Konstruktion und Produktion
Ausschuss CIM Band 1: CIM Management
(ed.) Band 2: Integrierte Produktdatenverarbeitung
Chairman: Band 3: Auftragsabwicklung
Milberg, J. Band 4: Flexible Fertigung
Band 5: Produktionslogistik
Band 6: Kommunikations- und Datenbanktechnik
Band 7: Qualitätssicherung
Band 8: Flexible Montage
(Computer-integrated construction and production, 8 Volumes)
VDI Verlag Düsseldorf 1992, Germany
Milberg, J. Werkzeugmaschinen Grundlagen (Machine Tools Fundamentals), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York 1992
Milberg, J., Reinhart, G. (Hrsg.) Unsere Stärken stärken - Der Weg zu Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Standortsicherung (Strengthening our Strenghts – The Way to Competitiveness and Assuring the Future of Business Locations), mi Verlag, Landsberg 1994, Germany
Milberg, J. , Reinhart, G. Mit Schwung zum Aufschwung (With momentum to the boom), mi Verlag, Landsberg 1997, Germany
Milberg J. , Schuh, G. (eds.) Erfolg in Netzwerken (Success in Networks), Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg 2002, Germany
Patents
DE- PS 3531243 31.08.1985
“Verfahren und Vorrichtung zum Verschließen von Öffnungen in einem Hohlkörper“ (Method and device for closing openings in a hollow body) - Inventor: Milberg, J.
DE - PS 39 21863 04.07.1989
“Verfahren zum Setzen von Befestigungsmitteln und Vorrichtungen hierzu” (Method and device for placing a fastening element) - Inventor: Milberg, J.
DE 40 21 330 A1 03.07.1990
“Verfahren zum Betrieb eines Roboters und eine Vorrichtung dazu“ (Method and device for operating a robot) - Inventor: Milberg, J.