Dr.-Ing. E.h. Dietmar Harting - Member of the Board and partner
- Date of birth: September 15, 1939
- Studied electrical engineering and economics in Munich, Hanover and Cologne
- 1967: Graduated in Business Administration
- 1967: Joined his father's company
- 1973: Managing shareholder
- 2015: Partner
- Honorary President of the German Electrical and Electronic Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), since 2004, for life
- Honorary Member of the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) since October 2006
- Honorary Chairman of the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE), since 2010
- Honorary Chairman of Professional Association 23 (Electronic Components and Systems/ECS) of the ZVEI, since May 2003
- Personal Member of the State Board of Trustees of the German Industry Association Promoting Science and Learning in North Rhine Westphalia, since September 2010
- Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, from January 1997 to October 2014
- Honorary Member of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, since October 2014
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Messe AG, from November 1996 (Deputy Chairman as of 2002) to June 2014
- Member of the Presidential Committee of Deutsche Messe AG, from February 2002 to June 2014
- Member of the Messe München Exhibitor Advisory Board, January 2003 to December 2004
- Member of the Cluster Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster it's OWL, since September 2011
- President of CENELEC – the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, from January 2008 to September 2009
- President of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), from November 2003 to September 2009
Dietmar Hartings active honorary positions
- Honorary President of the German Electrical and Digital Industry Manufacturers' Association (ZVEI), since 2004, for life
- Honorary Member of the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (VDE) since October 2006
- Honorary Chairman of the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE), since 2010
- Honorary Chairman of Professional Association 23 (Electronic Components and Systems/ECS) of the ZVEI, since May 2003
- Personal Member of the State Board of Trustees of the German Industry Association Promoting Science and Learning in North Rhine Westphalia, since September 2010
- Honorary Member of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, since October 2014
- Member of the Cluster Board of the Leading-Edge Cluster it's OWL, since September 2011
Former honorary positions
- Chairman of the Exhibitor Advisory Board of Hannover Messe, from January 1997 to October 2014
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Messe AG, from November 1996 (Deputy Chairman as of 2002) to June 2014
- Member of the Presidential Committee of Deutsche Messe AG, from February 2002 to June 2014
- Member of the Messe München Exhibitor Advisory Board, from January 2003 to December 2004
- President of CENELEC – the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, from January 2008 to September 2009
- President of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN), from November 2003 to September 2009
- 1998: Federal Cross of Merit
- 2004: Order of Merit, First Class, of Lower Saxony
- 2008: Honorary gold medal of Deutsche Messe AG
- 2009: Federal Cross of Merit, First Class
- 2009: Ring of Honor awarded by the German Institute for Standardization (DIN)
- 2009: Honorary citizen of the town of Espelkamp
- 2010: Honorary doctorate from Leibniz University Hanover
- 2010: Gold pin awarded by the German Commission for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies of DIN and VDE (DKE)
- 2013: Erich Gutenberg Award
- 2019: Karmarsch medal
