Markus Bentele (Germany) is Corporate Chief Information Officer and Corporate Chief Knowledge Officer of Rheinmetall AG. He holds overall responsibility for the comprehensive and integrated deployment of IT technology as well as for knowledge management, portals and collaboration within his corporation.

After earning a Master’s degree in economics as well as in organizational psychology, Markus Bentele executed successfully a broad range of projects within the German armed forces as well as in different management positions in the manufacturing sector.

One of his main strengths lies in the ability to connect IT, Human Capital and Processes into solutions which successfully answer the current and future challenges of business process management.

Markus Bentele holds multiple nominations into the TOP 10 of the German CIO of the Year Award of CIO Magazine/Computerwoche.

Check out our other 2013 Finalists of the European CIO of the Year Award on www.europeancio2013.com