Wolfhart Hauser

Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser (born 5 December 1949) is a German businessman, a former executive chairman of FirstGroup, and a former chief executive of Intertek, a British multinational inspection, product testing and certification company, from 2005 to 2015.

Wolfhart Hauser
Born	Wolfhart Gunnar Hauser (1949-12-05) 5 December 1949 (age 75) Munich, Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Technical University Munich
Occupation	Businessman
Years active	1975–present

Hauser has a master's degree in medicine from Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and a doctorate from Technical University Munich.^[1]

Hauser wrote his dissertation on the prevention of ski injuries, and went on to develop a ski binding that was certified by international quality organisations - his ski binding remains an ISO standard.^[2] Hauser was the chief executive of Intertek from March 2005 to 16 May 2015,^[3][4] and a non-executive director at Logica since 1 January 2007.^[5]

In July 2015, Hauser became the chairman of FirstGroup.^[6][7] In July 2019, Hauser did not stand for reelection at the AGM and stepped down from the board.^[8][9][10]