Melanie Kreis

Melanie Kreis
Melanie Kreis in 2017
Born1971 (age 52–53)
NationalityGerman
Alma materState University of New York at Stony Brook
University of Bonn
INSEAD
OccupationBusinesswoman
TitleCFO, Deutsche Post
SpouseMarried
Children2

Melanie Kreis (born 1971) is a German businesswoman, member of the board of managing directors and the chief financial officer (CFO) of Deutsche Post, the world's largest logistics company, since October 2016.[1][2]

Education

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Kreis attended the State University of New York at Stony Brook, US, and graduated in 1994 with a master's in physics and obtained another degree in physics in 1997 from the University of Bonn. In 2000 she graduated with a Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, France.[1]

Career

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From 1997 to 2000, Kreis worked at the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company in Cologne. Later, she then moved to Apax Partners, a private equity firm.[3] At Deutsche Post, Kreis began her career in the corporate development department in Bonn in 2004. Later she worked in England, advancing the integration of Exel.[4] In 2006 Kreis was appointed executive vice president corporate office, corporate organization. Since 2009 she then served as leader of group controlling.[1] In April 2013 she was appointed as chief financial officer (CFO) of DHL Express.[5] She has been a member of the executive board of Deutsche Post since 2014 as chief human resources officer.[6] Since October 2016, Kreis is CFO of Deutsche Post[5][7] and the first woman to hold this position at Deutsche Post.[8]

Awards

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Kreis was named as one of the "75 most influential women in German Business" and as "woman of the year" by Manager Magazin and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2016.[9][8] In November 2017, she was assessed by Forbes as being the 67th most powerful woman in the world.[10][2] She was ranked 52nd on Fortune's list of Most Powerful Women in 2023.[11]

Family

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Kreis is married and has two children.[12]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Melanie Kreis". DPDHL (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  2. ^ a b "Melanie Kreis". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  3. ^ "WTO | Public forum 19 Speakers Bio". www.wto.org. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  4. ^ Dohmen, Caspar (2010). "Jung, weiblich, ehrgeizig". sueddeutsche.de (in German). ISSN 0174-4917. Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  5. ^ a b "Melanie Kreis, Deutsche Post DHL AG" (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-10.
  6. ^ "Melanie Kreis wird Personalvorstand der Deutschen Post DHL". www.humanresourcesmanager.de (in German). Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  7. ^ Schlautmann, Christoph (2019-08-06). "Deutsche Post: Deutschlands Vorzeigemanagerin: Post-Finanzchefin Melanie Kreis ist auf Erfolgskurs". www.handelsblatt.com (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. ^ a b "The most important women in German business". deutschland.de. 2017-01-06. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
  9. ^ "manager magazin: Prima inter pares 2016 - Melanie Kreis - manager magazin". manager magazin. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  10. ^ "World's Most Powerful Women". forbes.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  11. ^ "Most Powerful Women". Fortune.
  12. ^ Nicolai, Birger (2015-04-15). "Managerin im Tarifkonflikt: Melanie Kreis, Personalchefin der Post". DIE WELT. Retrieved 2018-07-11.


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