Dr Volker Treier
Member of the Executive Board at the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
Since January 2019
Chief Executive of Foreign Trade and Member of the Executive Board – responsible for:
- International and European Economic Affairs
- The network of bi-national German Chambers, Delegations and Representations of German Commerce and Industry (AHKs) in 92 countries worldwide
January 2014 to December 2018
Deputy Chief Executive Officer
January 2011 to December 2013
Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director International Economics Affairs
January 2008 to December 2010
Managing Director of the DIHK division „Economic Policy”, Chief Economist
2006 to December 2007
Deputy Managing Director of the division Professional Education, Education Policy, Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
December 2006 to December 2007
Executive of the DIHK limited company for vocational training, Bonn
January 2003 to November 2006
Head of the department for economic cycle and growth policy, analysis of the economic situation, economic-political surveys of companies as well as
1990 to 2002
Studies in Economics at the Universities of Bamberg and Budapest, Doctor of Economic Sciences at the University of Bamberg, thereby scientific assistant at the chair of Finance at the University of Bamberg, project collaborator of the German Academic Exchange Service project „Internationalisation of the Curriculum in European Economics Bamberg-Budapest-Tirana-Sarajevo“