Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser (born 5 December 1949) is a German businessman, a former executive chairman of
FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.Intertek
Intertek Group plc is a British multinational assurance, inspection, product testing and certification company headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
History
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, a British multinational inspection, product testing and certification company, from 2005 to 2015.
Hauser has a master's degree in medicine from
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
The Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (simply University of Munich or LMU; german: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It is Germany's sixth-oldest university in continuous operatio ...
and a doctorate from
Technical University Munich
The Technical University of Munich (TUM or TU Munich; german: Technische Universität München) is a public research university in Munich, Germany. It specializes in engineering, technology, medicine, and applied and natural sciences.
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Hauser wrote his dissertation on the prevention of ski injuries, and went on to develop a
ski binding
A ski binding is a device that connects a ski boot to the ski. Before the 1933 invention of ski lifts, skiers went uphill and down and cross-country on the same gear. As ski lifts became more prevalent, skis—and their bindings—became increasin ...
that was certified by international quality organisations - his ski binding remains an
ISO standard
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ) is an international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. Membership requirements are given in Ar ...
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Hauser was the chief executive of Intertek from March 2005 to 16 May 2015, and a non-executive director at
Logica
Logica plc was a multinational IT and management consultancy company headquartered in London and later Reading, United Kingdom.
Founded in 1969, the company had offices in London and in a number of major cities across England, Wales and Scotl ...
since 1 January 2007.
In July 2015, Hauser became the chairman of
FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland. In July 2019, Hauser did not stand for reelection at the AGM and stepped down from the board.