Fritz Vahrenholt is a German businessperson who has been at the helm of 6 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Aurubis AG. Dr. Vahrenholt is also on the board of Encavis AG and PUTZ & PARTNER Unternehmensberatung AG and Professor at the University of Hamburg, Professor at Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg and Member of Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV.

In his past career he held the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Hew AG Bauunternehmung Chur, Member of Rat für Nachhaltige Entwicklung, Head-Chemistry Department at Umweltbundesamt, Chairman-Supervisory Board of RWE Innogy GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Rheinkraftwerk Albbruck-Dogern AG, Chairman-Executive Board at Senvion GmbH, Member-Executive Board at ErSol Solar Energy AG, Member-Executive Board at ThyssenKrupp Industrial Services Holding GmbH, Member-Executive Board at Deutsche Shell AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board of Deutsche Wildtier Stiftung and Member of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV.

He received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from the University of Münster.