Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser (born 5 December 1949) is a German businessman, a former executive chairman of FirstGroup, and a former chief executive of Intertek, a British multinational inspection, product testing and certification company, from 2005 to 2015.
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Born | Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser 5 December 1949 Munich, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Education | Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Technical University Munich |
Occupation | Businessman |
Years active | 1975–present |
Hauser has a master's degree in medicine from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a doctorate from Technical University Munich.[1]
Hauser wrote his dissertation on the prevention of ski injuries, and went on to develop a ski binding that was certified by international quality organisations - his ski binding remains an ISO standard.[2] Hauser was the chief executive of Intertek from March 2005 to 16 May 2015,[3][4] and a non-executive director at Logica since 1 January 2007.[5]
In July 2015, Hauser became the chairman of FirstGroup.[6][7] In July 2019, Hauser did not stand for reelection at the AGM and stepped down from the board.[8][9][10]