Thomas Westphal

Mayor of the City of Dortmund, Germany

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  • Year of birth: 1967
  • Place of birth: Lübeck
  • Nationality: German
  • Member since: 3 May 2024
  • End of term: 2027

 

Education

  • Trained administrative clerk of the Schleswig-Holstein Police Administration; degree in economics from the Hamburg University of Economics and Politics

Career

Since 11/2020 Mayor of the City of Dortmund, Germany
10/2013 – 10/2020 Managing Director of Wirtschaftsförderung Dortmund
01/2011 – 09/2013 Managing Director of Wirtschaftsförderung metropoleruhr
01/2008 – 12/2010 Managing Director of Business Development Wincanton GmbH
07/2004 – 12/2007 Sales Director at Rhenus AG
05/1999 – 06/2004 Member of the Board of Directors of SCI Verkehr GmbH
03/1996 – 04/1999 Consultant at ISA Consult
08/1985 – 07/1989 Administrative Clerk of the State of Schleswig-Holstein

Memberships of other mandatory supervisory boards

  • Dortmunder Stadtwerke Holding GmbH1 (Chairman)
  • Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG1 (Chairman)
  • Dortmunder Energie- und Wasserversorgung GmbH1 (Chairman)
  • KEB Holding AG1 (Chairman)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises

  • Klinikum Dortmund gGmbH1
  • Schüchtermann-Schiller‘schen Kliniken Bad Rothenfelde GmbH & Co. KG
  • Sparkasse Dortmund (Chairman)

Core competences

  • Energy sector
  • Strategy
  • Leadership experience
  • Accounting/financial statement audits
  • HR expertise
  • Familiarity with the public sector

 

1 group mandate of the City of Dortmund