The former President of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Jürgen Thumann, is dead. The BDI announced that he died in Düsseldorf at the age of 80. Thumann was president of the association from 2005 to 2008. “Jürgen Thumann made a very important contribution to strengthening international relations between German industry and Germany as a business location,” explained BDI President Siegfried Russwurm. “He significantly shaped our association with his great political instinct and his decades of responsibility as a family entrepreneur. With Jürgen Thumann, we are losing an outstanding personality who has worked with extraordinary commitment for the interests of German industry.” His particular focus was on economic relations with North America. “Jürgen Thumann was a passionate transatlanticist,” said Russwurm. After his time as BDI President, Thumann, born in Schwelm in Westphalia, was President of the European umbrella organization Business Europe from 2009 to 2013 and Vice President of the BDI from 2009 to 2012. Thumann has been a member of the BDI Executive Committee since 1991. From 1991 to 2005 he was President of the Steel and Metal Processing Industry Association and its predecessor associations.
Ex-BDI President – Jürgen Thumann passed away – Economy
