Dirk joined Linde in 1996 and has held various positions in the bulk supply chain as Manager of Bulk Distribution and Customer Engineering Services in Europe Central and later in Europe East and Middle east.

He is presently the Global Director Distribution Safety within the corporate SHEQ organization of Linde.

He represents Linde in the European Industrial Gas Association, Working Group 17, Transport Safety.

Dirk is a Bachelor of Science and a graduate of the University of Applied Science in Merseburg, and he has a Master Craftsman’s Certificate in vehicle maintenance from the Hanover Chamber of Crafts.