Kückelhaus Markus | Vice President Innovation & Trend Research, DHL Customer Solutions & Innovation

Key areas of expertise: Innovation Management, Trend Research, Product Development; Strategy & Implementation; Controlling, Finance and Accounting
Markus Kückelhaus is heading the global research and innovation activities of Deutsche Post DHL and is in charge of the DHL flagship Innovation Center near Bonn. He joint DHL in 2012 as Director Trend Research monitoring and leveraging trends with his team that will impact the logistics industry in the future. Previously he worked as a free-lance consultant for DHL, supporting the development of a group wide innovation system and implementing strategies and business models for innovation initiatives. His career history also includes positions as Head of Controlling for the biggest German DIY retailer OBI, Principal at CTcon Management Consulting and lecturer at the WHU Graduate School of Management in Koblenz as well as the Victoria-University of Wellington. He studied Economics at the University of Bonn/University of Wisconsin and accomplished his PhD at the WHU Graduate School of Management in Koblenz.