The Management
Claus Horstmann and Oliver Leki form the management at 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA.
The Executive Board, appointed at the shareholders’ general meeting, oversees the successes of 1. FC Köln PLC.
Claus Horstmann is responsible for administration at the FC (finance, marketing, organisation) and has worked at the e.V since 1999 as General Manager.
Claus Horstmann
Date of birth: Dec. 14, 1964
Place of birth: Iserlohn
Marital status: Married to Monica-Lynn, son Fritz
Professional career:
- 1984–1994: Temporary career officer in the German Federal Armed Forces; business studies and mechanical engineering
- 1994: Technology manager for the construction of the 1st Center Parcs site in Germany
- 1997: General Manager of this site
- 1998: Management of Center Parcs Germany
Since November 1999: General Manager of 1. FC Cologne
Since March 2002: Managing Director of 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA
Oliver Leki
Date of birth: Jan. 21st, 1973
Place of birth: Worms
Professional career:
- 1992-1995: Trainee as a bank official at Sparkasse Worms
- 1995-2000: Business studies at the University of Mannheim, German MBA
- 2001-2003: management consultant with Arthur Andersen und Ernst&Young
- 2003-2010: commercial executive of 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA
Since November 2006: Managing Director of 1. FC Köln Marketing & Vertriebs GmbH
Since July 2010: Managing Director 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA
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