Dr Axel Kaufmann
Deputy President - CFO

Born in 1969, Axel Kaufmann started his career as a trainee at Deutsche Bank, with secondments to New York and Toronto. In his spare time he studied in Paris as part of an exchange programme, following this up with a BA in business administration at Würzburg University and a masters degree in international business at Paderborn University, where he also gained a PhD in banking and finance. Dr Kaufmann is married and has two children.
Curriculum vitae
2011
Deputy President, Koenig & Bauer Group
2010
CFO at Koenig & Bauer AG
2009
Head of business insight, planning and stategy at NSN
2007
Head of finance and control for multiple business units of joint venture Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)
2005
Head of finance at a software business unit of Siemens’ mobile networks division
2004
Head of business administration at the supply chain division for Siemens’ European plants
2001
CFO of Siemens’ shared services unit in the USA
1999
Director of business development at Siemens’ Procurement and Logistics Services in Munich
1996
Assistant to the head of corporate purchasing at Siemens headquarters
1993
Apprentice and Trainee at Deutsche Bank AG