Lutz Birke

Lutz M. Birke (42) earned his graduate degree in business administration with a special emphasis on controlling and marketing from the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. During his military career he was deployed as a company commander and as a security and information officer in charge of public relations at the German armed forces.

His civil career started in 2005 with the Hamburg state parliament where he worked as an advisor to the divisions in charge of urban development, transport and environment. In 2007 he first transferred to the state ministry of urban development and environment, and in 2008 he became head of the state minister’s office of the state ministry of economic and labour affairs.

Since 1 September 2010, Lutz M. Birke has worked for the Hamburg Port Authority. First he has been in charge for corporate and port strategy, since 1 May 2015, Lutz M. Birke has been in charge of corporate management and public affairs at the Hamburg Port Authority.