Stefan is a trained naval architect and ocean engineer and holds respective Master Degrees from the University of Hamburg and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He served 12 years in managing positions in R&D and the design of naval vessels and mega yachts in shipyards before managing part of the maritime advisory business of Germanischer Lloyd and DNV for eight years.
Since four years Stefan is now with Carnival Maritime in Hamburg, which is the ship management arm of AIDA and Costa, currently managing 23 cruise vessels. In his role as senior vice president Fleet Governance & Decarbonisation, Stefan and his team are amongst other things contributing to the decarbonisation of the AIDA and Costa fleet.