For the past 40 years, Christian Labrot has dedicated his career to the road transport industry. Directly following studies in transport economics at the University of Bonn, Germany (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität), he began working at BWV, the German Association of Professional Transport Companies and Shippers, eventually becoming Secretary General of the German Federation of Economics, Transport and Logistics (BWVL e.V.), before moving on to become President of IRU. Nowadays, as a world leader in the road transport industry, Christian is dedicated to ensuring innovation and efficiency along with good governance and transparency at IRU for the greater good of the entire road transport industry.