Klaus Josef Lutz is a businessperson who has been at the head of 21 different companies and currently is Chairman-Supervisory Board at Giesecke+Devrient GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Giesecke+Devrient Mobile Security GmbH (a subsidiary of Giesecke+Devrient GmbH), Chairman-Supervisory Board of Euro Pool System International BV, Chairman-Supervisory Board for WH GmbH, Chairman-Management Board & CEO of BayWa AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Cefetra BV, Chairman-Supervisory Board at "UNSER LAGERHAUS" Warenhandelsgesellschaft mbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for BayWa r.e. AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board for BayWa r.e. Operation Services GmbH and Chairman-Supervisory Board of BayWa Global Produce GmbH (which are all subsidiaries of BayWa AG) and President at Bayerischer Industrie- und Handelskammertag BIHK eV.

He is also on the board of RWA Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG, Deutsche Raiffeisen-Warenzentrale GmbH, Baywa r.e. Asset Holding GmbH and Al Dahra BayWa Agriculture LLC and President of Chamber of Industry & Commerce for Munich & Upper Bavaria, President of Chamber of Commerce & Industry of Munich, Vice President at Deutscher Raiffeisenverband Ev and Vice President for IHK Akademie München und Oberbayern gGmbH.

In his past career Mr. Lutz held the position of Chief Executive Officer for i-center Beteiligungen AG, Manager for Unaxis Management, Inc., Labor Director at Digital Kienzle GmbH & Co. KG, General Counsel of Digital Equipment GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at VK Mühlen AG, Chairman at T&G Global Ltd., Chairman-Supervisory Board of BayWa r.e. AG, Chief Executive Officer for Süddeutscher Verlag GmbH, Chief Executive Officer at i-center Elektrogrosshandels GmbH & Co. KG, Chairman-Management Board at Ditec Informationstechnologie AG and Managing Director at Burda Druck GmbH.

He received a graduate degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.