Joachim Felker was born in Bad Godesberg in 1952. After matriculating in 1974, he did his training in industrial business management at BASF AG and worked there as a commercial assistant. Between 1980 and 1999, he held several management and marketing positions within the BASF Group, including in Asia. He lastly worked as senior director of the fertilizers sector. Since 2000, Joachim Felker has been working within the K+S Group, initially as managing director of Fertiva GmbH and from 2003 onwards as a senior management member of K+S KALI GmbH . In October 2005, he became a member of the Board of Executive Directors of K+S Aktiengesellschaft. He is responsible for the Potash and Magnesium Products as well as Nitrogen Fertilizers business segments.
