Risk Management in the Air Cargo Industry

Paul Hertwig, born in 1987 in Zwickau, Germany, studied business administration and holds a Bachelor of Science degree of WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany. During his exchange semester at Washington University at St.Louis he was rewarded with the Honor Student Recognition for excellent academic achievement. In course of his studies he especially focused on the topics of finance and supply chain management and gained practical insides during several internships in the consulting business. As the topic of risk management in the air cargo industry is situated in the overlap of finance and supply chain management, this field of research looked appealing to him.

Philipp Rau, born in 1986 in Stühlingen, Germany, studied business administration and holds a Bachelor of Science degree of WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany. In his Bachelor Studies, he focused on finance and accounting and gained important industry insights in banking internships. Philipp Rau currently pursues a Master s degree at WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management, Vallendar, Germany, with a focus on finance and production management. He engaged in the risk management topic as there is a large overlap with finance and he planned to focus more on risk and operations management.