Chief Financial Officer
Prof Dr Matthias J. Rapp has been Head of Finance on the Executive Board since March 2025. Rapp was responsible for Finance and Controlling at TÜV SÜD until 2024. He began his professional career at the management consultancy Boston Consulting Group. In 1997, he moved to industry and has since worked for several companies as Chief Financial Officer, including automotive supplier Webasto. Rapp is also an honorary professor at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). As BayWa's Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for Corporate Controlling, Corporate Finance, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Insurance, Corporate Real Estate Management, Corporate Risk, Business Services and IT.
CV
-
Date of birth: March 5, 1967
Place of birth: Schramberg / Black Forest
Nationality: German
-
1992 - 1995 Doctoral student with Professor Dr Dr h. c. mult. Horst Albach, WHU Koblenz, Chair of Business Administration / Corporate Management
1992 - 1994 Martin Grüner, former Parliamentary State Secretary, Bonn, Personal advisor to the member of the Bundestag
1988 - 1992 University of Applied Sciences for Corporate Management Koblenz (WHU)
-
Since 2025 Chief Financial Officer of BayWa AG
2013 - 2024 TÜV SÜD AG, Munich, Member of the Management Board / CFO
2010 - 2013 Webasto SE, Stockdorf, Member of the Management Board for Finance and Controlling
2007 - 2010 KUKA AG, Augsburg, Chief Financial and Controlling Officer
2003 - 2006 Merz Pharma GmbH & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt am Main, CFO Merz Group
1997 - 2002 Metallgesellschaft AG (today: GEA AG), Lurgi Life Science GmbH, Chemnitz/Frankfurt/Basel/Memphis, Commercial Managing Director
1995 - 1997 Boston Consulting Group, Düsseldorf, Management Consultant
-
Regional Advisory Board of Commerzbank AG
Advisory Board of BayernLB
Member of the Schmalenbach Society
Member of the Erich Gutenberg Working Group
-
192.8 KB / PDF CV Prof Dr Matthias J. Rapp