Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger

"As a child during the Second World War, I saw in my own family how political distress can cause fear and suffering, and how precious human dignity and tolerance are. That is why I founded the Roland Berger Human Dignity Award.

At the same time, I feel that I belong to a very privileged generation: I have enjoyed more than 60 years of peace and increasing prosperity. I feel a need to share this good fortune with others: I want my foundation to promote equal opportunity in education, thus broadening the societal channels that lead upward and onward, to the ultimate benefit of all members of society." (Roland Berger)

Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger is the founder of Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, and now Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He studied business administration in Munich and Hamburg. Roland Berger was a lecturer in marketing and advertising at the Technical University of Munich from 1971 to 1972. He has been a visiting professor at Brandenburg Technical University in Cottbus since 1996, and honorary professor for business administration and management consulting since 2000. He is a member of the Councils of Ludwig Maximilian University and the Academy of Music & Drama (both in Munich). Furthermore, he is a member of the board of the renowned European business school INSEAD in Fontainebleau (France and Singapore), and of the Board of Trustees of the ifo Institute for Economic Research at the University of Munich.

Roland Berger is Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Finland in Bavaria and Thuringia. He is also the author and editor of numerous publications and book contributions.