Heinz Weinheimer
Heinz Weinheimer, born in 1959 in Mainz, Germany, studied Philosophy and Mathematics in Mainz and was awarded a PhD (Thesis: Popper’s philosophy). He began his publishing career in 1986 at Bertelsmann, where he held various positions in Marketing, Sales and Editorial for German markets. While serving as Managing Director at GWV Fachverlage (now: Springer Fachmedien) he integrated a number of publishing companies such as B.G.Teubner and Leske & Budrich. In 2006 he was appointed CEO of Weka Business Media a professional publisher with subsidiaries in Germany, France, Switzerland, Netherlands and Austria. In 2010 he returned to Springer as an Executive Vice President for Publishing with global responsibility for all Springer products in Mathematics, Computer Science, Business & Economics and Human Sciences. In May 2015 he was appointed Managing Director for the Springer Research Group at Springer Nature.