Dr. Rüdiger Grube: Transportation Expertise

Dr. Rüdiger Grube was born in Hamburg, Germany in August 2, 1951. His training and schooling has been very much focused in the world of transportation. Grube finished his commercial and technical training in metal aircraft construction and then earned a degree in automotive engineering and aircraft construction from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. He taught at the University of Hamburg and later gained his doctorate in the areas of industrial science and polytechnology at the Universities of Hamburg and Kasselin 1986.  Grube then joined a company that would later become Daimler-Benz Aerospace.

Grube went on to become the Chairman and CEO of Duetsche Bahn AG and DB Mobility Logistics AG in May 2009. He was elected to these positions after having served in a number of executive, supervisory and administrative board positions with Daimler, EADS, MTU Friedrichshafen, Hyundai Motor Company and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation.

Deutsche Bahn Group provides global mobility and logistical services operating in more than 130 countries all over the world. It has around 300,000 employees with over half in Germany. The firm is involved in rail, road, ocean and air traffic networks.  DB Group registered revenues of around €39.3 billion in 2012.

Given his expertise in transportation and by extension logistics, Grube has been able to lead GB Group with a steady and experienced hand.