Friedhelm Loh is a businessperson who founded Stiftung Christliche Medien and who has been the head of 16 different companies. Presently, Dr. Loh occupies the position of Managing Director at Lease & Earn GmbH & Co. KG, Managing Director at EPLAN Beteiligungs GmbH, Managing Director at P + B Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Managing Director at DreiWerte GmbH, Managing Director at E+I Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, Managing Director at Friedhelm Loh Beteiligungs GmbH, Chairman of Rittal Corp., Chairman for Rittal Electro-Mechanical Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. and Co-Managing Director at SWOCTEM GmbH. Dr. Loh is also on the board of Klöckner & Co. SE and Rittal Holdings Ltd. and Chairman-Management Board, CEO & Owner at Friedhelm Loh Stiftung & Co. KG and Chairman-Management Board at Stiftung Christliche Medien.

In the past Dr. Loh was Chairman for Rittal Electrical Equipment (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Co-Managing Director at Blech-Service Nordhausen GmbH & Co.KG., President for Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V., Vice President for Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V., Chairman & Partner at Rittal GmbH & Co. KG and Chief Executive Officer for Rittal Scandinavian AB.