Melanie Kreis

Melanie Kreis (born 1971) is a German businesswoman, and the chief financial officer (CFO) of Deutsche Post, the world's largest logistics company, since October 2016.[1][2]

Melanie Kreis
Melanie Kreis in 2017
Born1971 (age 49–50)
NationalityGerman
Alma materState University of New York at Stony Brook
University of Bonn
INSEAD
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleCFO, Deutsche Post
Spouse(s)Married
Children2

Education

Kreis attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook, US, and graduated in 1994 with a master's in physics and obtained another degree in physics in 1997 from the University of Bonn. In 2000 she graduated with a Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, France.[1]

Kreis began her career in 1997 at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company in Cologne. In 2000 she then moved to Apax Partners, based in Munich and London.[3] She has been working for Deutsche Post DHL since 2004 and was appointed to the board in October 2014.[1]

Career

At Deutsche Post, Kreis began her career in the corporate development department in Bonn. Later she worked in England, advancing the integration of Exel.[4] In 2006 Kreis was appointed executive vice president corporate office, corporate organization. Since 2009 she then served as leader of group controlling.[1] In April 2013 she was appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of DHL Express.[3] She has been a member of the executive board of Deutsche Post since 2014 as chief human resources officer.[5] Since October 2016 Kreis is CFO of Deutsche Post.[3]

Awards

Kreis was named as one of the "75 most influential women in German Business" and as "woman of the year" by Manager Magazin and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2016.[6] In November 2017, she was assessed by Forbes as being the 67th most powerful woman in the world.[7][2]

Family

Kreis is married and has two children.[8]

References
  1. "Melanie Kreis". DPDHL (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. "Melanie Kreis". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. "Melanie Kreis, Deutsche Post DHL AG" (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  4. Dohmen, Caspar (2010). "Jung, weiblich, ehrgeizig". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  5. "Melanie Kreis wird Personalvorstand der Deutschen Post DHL". www.humanresourcesmanager.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  6. "manager magazin: Prima inter pares 2016 - Melanie Kreis - manager magazin". manager magazin. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  7. "World's Most Powerful Women". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. Nicolai, Birger (2015-04-15). "Managerin im Tarifkonflikt: Melanie Kreis, Personalchefin der Post". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-07-11.


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