Ludger Rethmann

Ludger Rethmann (born 4 May 1966 in Münster) is a German entrepreneur, chairman of the board of Remondis SE & Co. KG and member of the board of Rethmann SE & Co. KG and Vice President of the French Transdev Group, in which the Rethmann Group of Companies holds 34% of the shares.

Life and education
Ludger Rethmann is the second child of entrepreneur Norbert Rethmann (*1939) and grandson of Josef Rethmann. He grew up together with his three brothers in a Catholic business family in Selm.

Ludger Rethmann studied business administration in Münster and graduated as Diplom-Kaufmann. He is married with two children.

Business activity
After studying business administration in Münster, he joined Rethmann Entsorgung (today: Remondis SE & Co. KG) in Lübeck shortly before German reunification. At the beginning of the 1990s, he devoted himself in particular to business development in Germany's new federal states, and later to the development of international business. In 1994, he was appointed to the management boards of both Rethmann SE & Co. KG as well as Remondis SE & Co. KG (previously: Rethmann Entsorgung AG & Co. KG). Remondis is active in the business areas of water management, industrial and municipal services and recycling. In 2000, Ludger Rethmann became spokesman of the board and then in 2008 Chairman of the Board of Remondis SE & Co. KG. In the sister companies belonging to the Rethmann Group, Rhenus SE & Co. KG and Saria SE & Co. KG, he holds supervisory board mandates. In 2019, Ludger Rethmann was also appointed Vice President of the internationally active, French Transdev Group, after the Rethmann family business acquired 30% of the shares in Transdev from Veolia and now holds 34% of the shares after the contribution of the public transport activity Rhenus Veniro.

Memberships and honorary posts
Reference
 * Chairman of the Board of Remondis SE & Co. KG
 * Member of the Board of Rethmann SE & Co. KG
 * Member of the supervisory board of Rhenus SE & Co. KG
 * Member of the supervisory board of Saria SE & Co. KG
 * Vice President of Transdev Group S.A.
 * Member of the advisory board of Deutsche Bank AG
 * Supervisory Board of Kath. St. Paulus Gesellschaft
 * Board of Trustees of St. Marien Hospital Foundation
 * Board of Trustees of German Wildlife Foundation (until 2020)

Publications

 * Michael Schäfer, Ludger Rethmann: Public-Private Partnerships: Auslaufmodell oder eine Strategie für kommunale Daseinsvorsorge?, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2020, ISBN 978-3-658-28273-8.
 * Michael Schäfer, Ludger Rethmann: Public-Private Daseinsvorsorge (ÖPD) in Deutschland: Gemischtwirtschaftliche Unternehmen auf kommunaler Ebene als strategischer Erfolgsfaktor, Springer Gabler, Wiesbaden 2020, ISBN 978-3-658-31100-1.
 * Clemens Galuschka, Wolfram Kuschke, Ludger Rethmann, Michael Schäfer, Axel Weinand: Lünen Declaration: Premises for a fundamental restructuring of the health care system in Germany, taking into account experiences and lessons learned from the Corona pandemic, Lünen 2020.
 * Ludger Rethmann: Overcapacity in the Household and Hazardous Waste Incineration Market - Strategy of Remondis AG & Co. KG. In: Karl J. Thomé-Kozmiensky, Michael Beckmann (eds.): Energy from Waste. Vol. 13. TK-Verlag, Neuruppin 2016, ISBN 978-3-944310-24-4.
 * Ludger Rethmann: Transport of hazardous waste. A comparison rail/road from a waste management and dangerous goods law perspective, Erich Schmidt Verlag, Berlin 1989, ISBN 978-3-503028313.

Awards

 * 2019: Knight of the Legion of Honour ('Légion d'honneur')