The CEO Leadership Series is the flagship event series of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and takes place at the Heilbronn campus.
The goal of the event series is to connect top managers with students. The guests first hold a panel discussion and then respond to questions from the students. This gives students the opportunity to learn about the fascinating life and work of successful and renowned managers, and become familiar with different companies.
The CEO Leadership Series was inaugurated by the former President of Germany and has featured executives from various companies, including public firms that are part of the AEX 25 (Netherlands), CAC 40 (France), DAX 40 (Germany), Dow Jones 30 (USA), and SMI 20 (Switzerland), among others.
When?
June 27, 2025
3:00 pm
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5:00 pm
Where?
TV50, Bildungscampus 14, 74076 Heilbronn
Who?
TUM School of Management - Chair of Strategic Management
Director, Center Automotive Research (CAR)
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Dudenhöffer
Professor Ferdinand Dudenhöffer is the founder and director of the Center Automotive Research (CAR) and CEO of ferdi research GmbH. He is considered one of the most renowned automotive experts in Germany and is often referred to as the “car pope” (original: “Autopapst”).
In addition to his work as director of the CAR, Prof. Dudenhöffer was Professor of business administration and automotive business at the University of Duisburg-Essen for over a decade after having worked as professor of marketing and leadership in Gelsenkirchen. Before that, Dr. Dudenhöffer worked as director of network development at Citroen, sales director at Peugeot, head of marketing strategies & research at Porsche, and analyst at Opel.
Professor Dudenhöffer studied economics at the University of Mannheim and received his doctoral degree in environmental economics from the same university.