Walter Mennekes has been a member of the club since 1993 and a member of the advisory board since December 2009. The entrepreneur was elected second vice-president on 25 November 2016. Born on 13 December 1947 in the Sauerland region, he has been managing partner of MENNEKES Elektrotechnik GmbH & Co. KG in Kirchhundem since 1975. The medium-size company has become a global industry leader in the production and worldwide marketing of standardised industrial plug devices.