Sven Thieme (born 8 February 1968) is a Namibian businessman. He is currently a chairman of Ohlthaver & List , the largest private company in Namibia.

Education and training

Thieme attended

Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek The ''Deutsche Höhere Privatschule'' (DHPS) is a bilingual private school in Namibia. Situated in the capital Windhoek, The DHPS also offers boarding school facilities, a kindergarten and pre-school and primary and secondary grades from Grade ...

and graduated with the German ''

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'' in 1987. He graduated as an auditor in 1991 at the

University of Cape Town The University of Cape Town (UCT) ( af, Universiteit van Kaapstad, xh, Yunibesithi ya yaseKapa) is a public research university in Cape Town, South Africa. Established in 1829 as the South African College, it was granted full university statu ...

, South Africa. He completed his articles at

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in Cape Town.

Business career

He took over in 2002 after the death of his grandfather and son of the company founder Werner List the CEO of Ohlthaver & List. He has worked since 1998 in the company; 2001 to 2002 as general manager. He also sits several supervisory boards of subsidiaries. Previously, he was from 1994 to 1998 as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche in Luxemburg. In 2004, he was in charge of establishing the Development Bank of Namibia. In 2010 Thieme was in the Supervisory Board of the public broadcaster

Namibian Broadcasting Corporation The Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) ( af, Namibiese Uitsaai-Korporasie, ''NUK'') is the public broadcaster of Namibia. It was established in 1979, under the name South West African Broadcasting Corporation (SWABC). History Radio was orig ...

. Since 2014 he presided over the

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. He is considered as one of the most influential Namibians.

Recognition

Thieme was conferred the Most Distinguished Order of Namibia: First Class on

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2014.

References

External links

Mr Sven Thieme
Ohlthaver & List
SVEN THIEME: The simplicity in complexity.
Prime Focus Magazine, November 2010 {{DEFAULTSORT:Thieme, Sven 1968 births Living people Namibian businesspeople University of Cape Town alumni