Dr. Heinz Weinheimer started his publishing career in 1986 at Bertelsmann - one of the leading media companies in the world. Here he had various responsibilities in Marketing, Sales and Editorial for German Markets. Serving as managing director at GWV Fachverlage (now: Springer Fachmedien) he integrated some publishing companies like B.G. Teubner and Leske & Budrich. In 2006 he was appointed CEO of Weka Business Media a professional publisher with subsidiaries in Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Austria. In 2010 he returned to Springer as Executive Vice President Publishing where he has the global responsibility for all Springer products in Mathematics, Business & Economics and Human Sciences.