Karl-Ludwig Kley is a German businessperson who has been the head of 6 different companies. Presently, he occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board of E.ON SE.

He is also on the board of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV and Chairman-Management Board at Baden Badener Unternehmergespräche, Member-Executive Board at E. Merck KG, Vice President at Verband der Chemischen Industrie eV and Vice President of Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e.V.

In the past Dr. Kley held the position of Chairman-Executive Board at Merck KGaA, Head-Corporate Finance & Investor Relations at Bayer AG and Chief Financial Officer at Bayer Holding Ltd. (a subsidiary of Bayer AG), Chairman-Supervisory Board at Lufthansa AirPlus Servicekarten GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board of 1. FC Köln GmbH & Co. KGaA, Head-Pharmaceutical Division at Bayer SpA and Director-Management Board at KG Allgemeine Leasing GmbH & Co.

Dr. Kley received a doctorate, a graduate degree and a graduate degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.