Klaus E. Becker

Director. He lives in Charlotte for more than 26 years and is involved in the international steel trade.

Dirk Koltze

Treasurer.  He is a Charlotte resident since 1994, and engaged in capital equipment sales for the Material Handling/Automation industry.

Al Guarnieri

is a partner in the law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein and leads the Firm's International and Global Services.  He works closely with German and other foreign companies on their international business projects.

Paul W. Stratos

A member of the board since the N.C. Chapter’s inception, Paul pursues commercial construction opportunities among new or expanding international and domestic firms in the Carolinas for one of the area’s premier engineering and contracting firms.

Felix von Uklanski

works as an International Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch in Charlotte.

Rick Kasnick

CPA is the managing partner of the Charlotte office of Langford de Kock LLP, part of Rödl & Partner International based in Nürnberg, Germany, a professional services firm offering accounting, attestation and tax compliance and consultancy services.

Horst Jakob

Membership Relations.

Pia Schwarz

Assistant to the Director. After her graduation from the MBA-Program at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte in August 2005, she started working for a Tier 2 automotive industry supplier.

Tuba Aykol

works as an Inhouse Sales Executive at DHL Global Forwarding, the global market leader of the international logistics Industry. DHL is owned by Deutsche Post World Net.

Ranjana Wingender

Assistant to the Director, holds a Bachelor Degree in International Management and will graduate with a MAB Degree from Pfeiffer University, Charlotte, in August 2006. She works for Langford de Kock LLP, a member of Rödl & Partner International, since August 2005.