Robert Bischof
Robert Bischof started his business career in 1967 with Jungheinrich AG, Hamburg, when he was sent to the UK to start a new company. In 1991 he became non-executive Chairman, Jungheinrich (GB) Ltd. and also took part in restructuring of East German industry under Chancellor Kohl’s action programme. In 1993 he was in charge of a USAID-financed defence conversion project in Slovakia.
In March 1994 he negotiated the acquisition of the Lancer Boss Group by Jungheinrich and headed the company as Chairman and CEO. He advised John Smith and several labour Shadow Ministers in the run-up to 1997 election. In September 1997 he acquired a stake in the Liverpool-based direct marketing and mail order company McIntyre & King and was Chairman until March 2002.
In 2002 Linde AG assigned him to help repositioning of British subsidiaries. He acts now as an advisor to the STILL board. He is on the board of the German-British Forum and the German British Chamber of Commerce & Industry and is a member of Learning and Skills Council’s Young People’s Learning Committee. He is a non-executive Director of Henderson Eurotrust plc and a member of the Advisory Council of T-Systems Ltd, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom.
Robert Bischof studied economics at the University of Hamburg and trained in Hamburg in merchant banking
