CURRICULUM VITAE

Name: Peter Heinrich Scherrer, né Froese
Title: General Secretary of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF)
Date and Place of birth: 26 December 1959 in Clarholz (Westphalia), Germany
Nationality: German

Diploma and Certificates:

1982-1984

Free University of Berlin - history, sociology and journalism

1984-1986

University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) - social science, history

1986-1989

University of Bielefeld - history, sociology

1989

Master of Arts (M.A.) History, University of Bielefeld

Language skills:

German: mother tongue
English: very good
French: basic

Former professional experiences:

1974-1977

Underwent training to become a skilled metalworker (apprenticeship).

1977-1979

Worked as a welder, long-distance lorry driver and postman.

1990-1992

International Secretary, press officer and assistant to the President of
GGLF (horticultural, agricultural and forestry workers’ trade union).

July 1992 – Aug. 1994

Head of the International Affairs Department of the Hans Böckler
Foundation (HBS) in Düsseldorf.

August 1994 – September 1995

Freelance work for the Friedrich Ebert Foundation in Bulgaria and in former Yugoslavia.

As of September 1995

Return to the post at the Hans Böckler Foundation.

1998-2002

Editor of the English-language quarterly publication South-East Europe Review for Labour and Social Affairs (SEER), published by the Hans Böckler Foundation and the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI).

2000 – December 2002

Worked on a Hans Böckler Foundation research project entitled "South-East Europe" at the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) in Brussels.

January 2003 – February 2005

Policy secretary (steel industry) in the Executive Board branch office of IG Metall in Düsseldorf.