Christoph Riess

Christoph Riess has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and industries. In 1984, they worked as the Vorstand Technik Vertrieb Falk Verlag AG at Bertelsmann until 1998. From 1998 to 2001, they served as the Managing Director Central Europe at Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Christoph then worked at Litho Formas as a Non-executive Board Member from 2003 to 2007. From 2003 to 2009, Riess was the Managing Director at Deutsche Papier. In 2009, they took on the role of Sales and Marketing Director (Interim) at Mitsubishi Hitec Paper for a short period. From 2010 to 2012, they served as the CEO at WAN-IFRA. Riess was the Managing Director at United Europe e.V. from 2013 to 2015. From 2014 to 2018, they worked as the CEO at Knauer Group, with prior responsibilities as the CRO. In 2019, they joined Strategy Pilots as a Partner and Owner. Finally, in 2019, Riess served as the CRO Körber Supply Chain Portugal until 2020. Currently, they hold the position of Change Management Officer (CMO) at Körber Supply Chain since November 2020.

Christoph Riess attended Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences from 1976 to 1982, where they obtained a Dipl. Wi. Ing. degree. In 2013, they also achieved certification as a Certified ESUG consultant from DIAI (Deutsches Institut für angewandtes Insolvenzrecht).