Thomas Heilmann

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Thomas Heilmann
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Thomas Heilmann in 2018
Member of the Bundestag
Assumed office
2017
Preceded byKarl-Georg Wellmann
Personal details
Born (1964-07-16) 16 July 1964 (age 57)
Dortmund, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
Political partyCDU

Thomas Heilmann (born 16 July 1964) is a German politician of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Born in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, he has served as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Berlin since 2017.

Career in the private sector[]

From 2001 until 2008, Heilmann was a partner and CEO of Scholz & Friends. In 2001, he was nominated to join the supervisory board of Axel Springer SE; however, he was replaced by Axel Sven Springer before the vote.[1]

At the request of Federal Minister of Labour and Social Affairs Ursula von der Leyen, Heilmann negotiated a high-profile agreement between investor Nicolas Berggruen and other shareholders on the sale of embattled department house chain Karstadt in 2010.[2]

From 2011 until 2012, Heilmann briefly served as chair of the board at Save the Children Germany.[3]

Political career[]

From 2012 until 2016, Heilmann served as State Minister of Justice and Consumer Protection in the coalition governments of successive Governing Mayors of Berlin Klaus Wowereit (2012-2014) and Michael Müller (2014-2016).

In the negotiations to form a Grand Coalition of Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU together with the Bavarian CSU) and the Social Democrats (SPD) following the 2013 German elections, Heilmann was part of the CDU/CSU delegation in the working group on digital policy, led by Dorothee Bär and Brigitte Zypries.

In the 2016 state elections, Heilmann unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the State Parliament.

Heilmann became a member of the Bundestag in the 2017 German federal election, representing Berlin’s Steglitz-Zehlendorf district.[4] He is a member of the Committee on Labour and Social Affairs and the Committee on the Digital Agenda.[5][6] In this capacity, he is his parliamentary group’s rapporteur on blockchain.[7]

Other activities[]

Corporate boards[]

  • BwConsulting, Member of the Advisory Board (since 2017)[8]
  • Scholz & Friends, Member of the Supervisory Board (2008-2010)[9]
  • Cision, Member of the Board of Directors (2007-2012)[10][11]
  • Deutsche Bank, Member of the Advisory Board (2003-2010) [12][13]

Non-profit organizations[]

  • Save the Children Germany, Member of the Supervisory Board (since 2016)[14]
  • betterplace.org, Member of the Advisory Board[15]
  • Save the Children International, Member of the Board of Trustees (2016-2018)[16][17]

Political positions[]

Ahead of the Christian Democrats’ leadership election in 2018, Heilmann publicly endorsed Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer to succeed Angela Merkel as the party’s chair.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ Springer: Ein Freund im Aufsichtsrat Der Spiegel, May 28, 2001.
  2. ^ David C. Lerch (September 6, 2010), Thomas Heilmann "Mein Handy war tapfer" Der Tagesspiegel.
  3. ^ Thomas Heilmann: Berliner Unternehmer führt Kinderhilfswerk Handelsblatt, July 13, 2011.
  4. ^ "Thomas Heilmann". CDU/CSU-Fraktion. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  5. ^ "German Bundestag - Legal Affairs and Consumer Protection". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  6. ^ "German Bundestag - Digital Agenda". German Bundestag. Retrieved 2020-03-21.
  7. ^ Felix Holtermann (May 9, 2019), Digitales Wertrecht: Union plant Blockchain-Anleihe schon 2019 Handelsblatt.
  8. ^ Beirat der BwConsulting konstituiert BwConsulting, press release of April 7, 2017.
  9. ^ Werber: Personalkarussel dreht sich Manager Magazin, February 8, 2008.
  10. ^ The nomination committee’s proposal for resolutions at Observer’s Annual General Meeting Cision, press release of February 23, 2007.
  11. ^ Annual Report 2012 Cision.
  12. ^ Advisory Board: Membership in 2003 Deutsche Bank.
  13. ^ Advisory Board: Membership in 2010 Deutsche Bank.
  14. ^ Supervisory Board Save the Children Germany.
  15. ^ Advisory Board betterplace.org
  16. ^ Trustees’ report, strategic report and financial statements for 2016 Save the Children International.
  17. ^ Trustees’ report, strategic report and financial statements for 2018 Save the Children International.
  18. ^ „Tut mir leid für Spahn, aber ich sehe leider keine Chance mehr für ihn“ Die Welt, November 4, 2018.

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