Gerhard Federer is a German businessperson who has been the head of 5 different companies and occupies the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Dürr AG and Chairman-Supervisory Board of Homag Group AG (a subsidiary of Dürr AG).

He is also on the board of Schunk Iberica SA and Schunk Wien Gesellschaft mbH.

In the past Mr. Federer occupied the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Körber AG, Chief Executive Officer at Schunk Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Vice President of Glatfelter Corp. and Commercial Director at Glatfelter Gernsbach GmbH & Co. KG (a subsidiary of Glatfelter Corp.), Marketing Controller & Head-Planning & Control at E Scheurich Pharmwerk, Chief Executive Officer at SCHUNK GmbH & Co. KG and Head-Business Planning at Heinrich Heine GmbH.