Founder of METRO AG, Hans-Joachim Körber is a German businessperson who has been the head of 7 different companies and is Chairman of DAW SE and Chairman-Supervisory Board at INTHERMO GmbH (a subsidiary of DAW SE).

He is also Member-Advisory Board at Klüh Service Management GmbH and on the board of 5 other companies.

He previously was Chairman at Air Berlin Plc, Independent Non-Executive Director at Esprit Holdings Ltd., Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of The Metro Group, Inc. and Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for METRO AG.

Hans-Joachim Körber received a doctorate, a graduate degree and an MBA from Technical University of Berlin.