Michael Kaschke is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 20 different companies and presently holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH, Chairman for Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss de México SA, Chairman for Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd. and Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH. Dr. Kaschke is also Chairman-Supervisory Board of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie and Chairman-Council at Hochschule Aalen and on the board of 5 other companies. In his past career Dr. Kaschke was Head-Research Laboratory at The Max Born Institute, Director at Carl Zeiss, Inc., Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH, Chairman for Carl Zeiss Japan Co., Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss Far East Co. Ltd., Chairman of Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. (Korea), Chairman for Carl Zeiss India Pvt Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss Microlmaging, Inc., Chairman at Carl Zeiss (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), President & Chief Executive Officer for Carl Zeiss AG, Vice President & GM-Surveying Instruments Division at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH and Research Assistant at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena. He received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and an undergraduate degree from Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich.