Michael Kaschke is a German businessperson who has been the head of 19 different companies. Presently, Dr. Kaschke occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Chairman of Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss de México SA, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH, Chairman at Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. (Korea), Chairman of Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd., Chairman of Carl Zeiss India Pte Ltd. and President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Carl Zeiss AG. Dr. Kaschke is also Chairman-Council at Hochschule Aalen and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past Dr. Kaschke held the position of Laboratory Director at The Max Born Institute, Chairman for Carl Zeiss, Inc., Chairman at Carl Zeiss (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH, Chairman of Carl Zeiss Microlmaging, Inc., Chairman at Carl Zeiss Japan Co., Ltd., Chairman at Carl Zeiss Far East Co. Ltd., Chairman at Carl Zeiss Pte Ltd. 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.