Michael Opitz joined Neumann Kaffee Gruppe in 1992, after six years with the German Agency for Development Cooperation GTZ. For many years he was General Manager of E.D.E. Consulting, before taking over the management of Hanns R. Neumann Stiftung as Chairman of the Executive Board. Michael Opitz holds a MSc in agricultural econcomics from Wye College, London University  and a degree in agriculture from the University of Göttingen.