Bernhard Pellens

Personal data

Year of birth: 1955

Place of birth: Geldern

Nationality: German

Education

1976-1981 Studied law and economics at the universities of Cologne and Bochum

1981-1986 Research assistant at the Ruhr University Bochum

1988 Dr. rer. oec

1988 Visiting lecturer at Tongji University, Shanghai/China

1988-1993 Assistant professor at the Ruhr University Bochum

Career

1986-1988 Position in the Controlling department of a medium-sized company

1993-1994 Full professor of Chair of Accounting and Controlling at the University of Kaiserslautern

1994-1997 Full professor of Chair of International Accounting, University of Münster

since 1997 Full professor of Chair of International Accounting, Ruhr University of Bochum

2002 Visiting lecturer at Virginia Polytechnic University Blackburg/USA

2003-2011 Member of Board of Deutschen Rechnungslegungs Standards Committee (DRSC)

since 2006Honorary professorship at Tongji University, Shanghai/China

since 2007 Head of task force "Externe Unternehmensrechnung (Financial accounting)" of Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.

2010-2014 Member of the expert committee ("Hauptfachausschuss") of the Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer (IDW)

since 2011 Vice-President of the Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.

Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany

• thyssenkrupp AG (since 2005, appointed until 2020)
• LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungverein Münster aG
• LVM Krankenversicherungs-AG