Jochen Peter

Jochen Peter is Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group and heads the Industrial Quality & Research segment comprising the Industrial Quality Solutions and Research Microscopy Solutions Strategic Business Units. In addition, he oversees the Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Italy, Nordics and United Kingdom sales regions. He is also President and CEO of Carl Zeiss IQR GmbH. Effective 1 January 2018 Jochen Peter became Member of the Executive Board.

Jochen Peter was born on 1 July 1975 in Mannheim, Germany. In 2000, he graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and process engineering from the Technical University of Kaiserslautern. In 2004 he obtained his doctorate (Dr.-Ing.) from the University of the German Army in Munich. He completed an additional degree in business administration at the Hagen distance teaching university, graduating in 2005.