Georg Duffner (born May 18 1954 in

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, Germany) is a German businessman and business consultant. He was

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of the Witzenmann Group (1990–1994) und of Vinci Germany (1995–2001) as well as Chairman of the Board of the

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(2001–2016). He was politically active in the 68 movement and has been a member of the German

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since 2011.

Education and career

Duffner visited the Berthold Gymnasium (Secondary Grammar School) in Freiburg. He then studied Business Administration and

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(he received a scholarship from the German

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) as well as

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from 1980 to 1982. After his studies he started at the Witzenmann Group where he was promoted to CEO in 1990. In 1995 he joined the German

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of the Vinci Group, the world market leader in construction services. In 1997 he also took over the position of Chairman of the Board of Management of the G+H Group in

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, Germany. In 2001 he joined the Mannheim Röchling Group as CEO, where he also took over the Automobile Division. In 2016 Duffner decided not to extend his contract as CEO and was voted into the Supervisory Board of the Röchling Group. He is since then active as business and management consultant and holds a number of mandates in various supervisory boards.

Politics

Duffner began his political activities in 1968 in protest against the German '' Notstandsgesetze'' (Emergency Acts), later against the

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and the

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. From 1976 he was a member of the Maoist '' Kommunistischer Bund Westdeutschland (KBW''). He stood as a candidate for the KBW for the general elections 1976 in

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and 1980 in Karlsruhe. In 1982 Duffner was on the founders of the green alternative Karlsruhe city newspaper ''Gegendruck,'' where he worked as an editor until 1990. Since 2011 he has been a member of the Green Party. In 2017 he was elected to the local executive committee of the party for Karlsruhe/

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Publications

* Georg Duffner: ''Natur und Ökonomie – Einige Überlegungen zu einer umweltbewussten Unternehmensführung.'' In: Jolanda Rothfuß u. a. (Hrsg.): Konstanten für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft, Konstanz, 1993, . * Georg Duffner: ''Mechanistisches oder evolutionäres Management – Die Selbstorganisation im Unternehmen.'' In: Werner G. Faix u. a. (Hrsg.): Innovation zwischen Ökonomie und Ökologie, Landsberg/Lech, 1995, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Duffner, Georg Communist League of West Germany politicians 1954 births Living people