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Supervisory Board of HGK AG appoints Steffen Bauer as CEO
Press release of the Supervisory Board of HGK AG
Cologne. At the meeting of the Supervisory Board of Häfen und Güterverkehr Köln AG (HGK) on 1 July 2025, Steffen Bauer was unanimously appointed as the new Chairman of the Executive Board of HGK (CEO). The 45-year-old will take office on 1 October 2025. He succeeds Uwe Wedig, who will leave the company on 30 September 2025 as he will have reached retirement age.
Steffen Bauer has a degree in business administration and is currently CEO of HGK Shipping GmbH. He previously held various management positions in different areas of logistics. He started his career at the integrated chemical logistics service provider VTG-Lehnkering AG in Duisburg. There, he was responsible for contract logistics as divisional manager and for liquid road freight transport as a member of the management team. As COO of Imperial Logistics International B.V. & Co KG, he was responsible for central business areas such as transport logistics and contract logistics for all services in the automotive, industrial, retail & consumer goods and chemicals sectors. During this time, he increasingly shifted his focus to the sustainable orientation of Europe's leading inland shipping company. As CEO, he had overall responsibility for all divisions of Imperial Shipping. With the takeover of the inland shipping activities by HGK AG, he became CEO of HGK Shipping in 2020.
"We are delighted that we have been able to recruit Steffen Bauer, an experienced manager, for the position of CEO of HGK AG. After all, he is no stranger to the company and has impressively demonstrated his proven expertise at HGK Shipping," explains Dr Gerrit Krupp, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HGK AG. Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board Dirk Michel adds: "With its unanimous vote, the HGK Supervisory Board has clearly expressed that Steffen Bauer is the right person to successfully develop HGK AG further."
"I am grateful for the trust placed in me. Together with the dedicated team of the HGK Group, I would like to actively shape the future of the company and make a sustainable contribution to the development of the region. We will successfully master the challenges we face, including those posed by the energy and transport transition, with determination, a spirit of innovation and a clear focus on our customers," says Steffen Bauer.