Michael Kaschke is a German businessperson who has been the head of 20 different companies and presently occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH, Chairman of Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd., Chairman of Carl Zeiss de México SA, Chairman at Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd. and Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH. Dr. Kaschke is also Chairman-Supervisory Board for Karlsruher Institut für Technologie and Chairman-Council at Hochschule Aalen and on the board of 5 other companies.

In his past career Michael Kaschke held the position of Head-Research Laboratory at The Max Born Institute, Director at Carl Zeiss, Inc., Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH, Chairman at 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 of Carl Zeiss AG, Vice President & GM-Surveying Instruments Division at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH and Research Assistant at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.

Dr. Kaschke received an undergraduate degree and a doctorate from Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and an undergraduate degree from Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich.