Dr. Monika Wulf-Mathies
 
Date of birth: 17 March 1942
Place of birth: Wernigerode, Harz, Germany

Education 
1961 – 1968 Studies in history, German language and literature and economics at the universities of Hamburg and Freiburg
1968 Ph.D. in Hamburg

Professional Career 
1968 – 1971 Assistant Head of Section at the Federal Ministry of Economics
1971 – 1976 Federal Chancellor’s Office, ultimately as Head of Section “Social Affairs and Social Policy”
1976 Elected to the Managing Executive of ÖTV (the German Public Services And Transport Workers’ Union)
1982 Elected as President of ÖTV (the German Public Services And Transport Workers’ Union)
1984, 1988, 1992 Re-elected as President of ÖTV (the German Public Services And Transport Workers’ Union)
1995 – 1999 Member of the European Commission responsible for Regional Policy and the Committee of the Regions
November 1999 – December 2000 European Policy Advisor of Federal Chancellor Schröder
Since January 2001 Executive Vice President
Head of Corporate Department “Corporate Public Policy and Sustainability” at Deutsche Post AG

Other Activities 
1978 – 1995 Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1988 – 1995 Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG
1989 – 1995 Member of the Supervisory Board of VEBA
1989 – 1994 President of Public Services International (PSI)
2001 - 2006 President of the European Movement in Germany
 Grand Cross of the INFANTE DOM HENRIQUE (Portugal)