Michael Kaschke is a German businessperson who has been the head of 20 different companies. Currently, he holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Chairman of Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss de México SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Chairman of Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. (Korea), Chairman for Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd., Chairman of Carl Zeiss India Pvt Ltd. and President & Chief Executive Officer for Carl Zeiss AG. Michael Kaschke is also Chairman-Council at Hochschule Aalen and on the board of 7 other companies.

In the past he occupied the position of Laboratory Director at The Max Born Institute, Chairman of Carl Zeiss, Inc., Chairman for Carl Zeiss (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), Chairman of Carl Zeiss Microlmaging, Inc., Chairman at Carl Zeiss Far East Co. Ltd., Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Chairman at Carl Zeiss Japan Co., Ltd., Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH, President & Chief Executive Officer at Carl Zeiss AG and Research Assistant at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.

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