Dr. Jennifer Maria Cords

Dr. Jennifer Maria Cords currently serves as Geschäftsleitung at Lidl International, a position held since November 2022. Prior experience includes Director of Corporate Affairs, Communications, Compliance and Responsibility at Gebr. Heinemann from September 2018 to November 2022, and President of the European Travel Retail Confederation from January 2022 to June 2022. Dr. Cords was previously Head of Corporate Affairs and Compliance at Imperial Tobacco from January 2011 to August 2018, and Geschäftsführer at Industrie- und Handelsclub Emsland Grafschaft for a brief period in 2011. Additionally, Dr. Cords worked as a Referentin Standortentwicklung at Industrie- und Handelskammer Osnabrück from May 2005 to March 2011, focusing on regional development in Lower Saxony, Germany. Academic qualifications include studies at the University of Münster, Radboud University, and Princeton University, with attendance from 1998 to 2004 at the former and short-term engagements at the latter two institutions between 1998 and 2001.