Wolfhart Hauser | |
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Born |
Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser 5 December 1949 Munich, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Alma mater |
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Technical University Munich |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1975–present |
Known for | former CEO, Intertek (2005–15) |
Title | Chairman, FirstGroup (July 2015–present) |
Successor | André Lacroix |
Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser (born 5 December 1949) is a German businessman, the chairman of FirstGroup, and was the chief executive of Intertek, a British multinational inspection, product testing and certification company, from 2005 to 2015.
Hauser has a master's degree in medicine from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a doctorate from Technical University Munich.
Hauser wrote his dissertation on the prevention of ski injuries, and went on to develop a ski binding that was certified by international quality organisations - his ski binding remains an ISO standard. Hauser was the chief executive of Intertek from March 2005 to 16 May 2015, and a non-executive director at Logica since 1 January 2007.
In July 2016, Hauser became the chairman of FirstGroup.