Michael Kaschke is a German businessperson who has been at the head of 20 different companies and currently holds the position of Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Carl Zeiss Microimaging GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH, Chairman of Carl Zeiss India (Bangalore) Pvt Ltd., Chairman for Carl Zeiss Pty Ltd., Chairman at Carl Zeiss de México SA and Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH.

He is also Chairman-Supervisory Board of Karlsruher Institut für Technologie and Chairman-Council at Hochschule Aalen and on the board of 5 other companies.

In the past Michael Kaschke held the position of Head-Research Laboratory at The Max Born Institute, Chairman at Carl Zeiss, Inc., Chairman for Carl Zeiss (Pty) Ltd. (South Africa), Chairman for Carl Zeiss Microlmaging, Inc., Chairman at Carl Zeiss India Pvt Ltd., Chairman of Carl Zeiss Co., Ltd. (Korea), Chairman-Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Chairman of Carl Zeiss Far East Co. Ltd., Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Chairman-Supervisory Board for Carl Zeiss Financial Services GmbH, Chairman for Carl Zeiss Japan Co., Ltd., President & Chief Executive Officer at Carl Zeiss AG, Vice President & GM-Surveying Instruments Division at Carl Zeiss Jena GmbH and Research Assistant at Friedrich Schiller University of Jena.

Dr. Kaschke received a doctorate and an undergraduate degree from Friedrich Schiller University of Jena and an undergraduate degree from Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich.