Mr. Bonn has done Economics from the Bonn University, Germany. He was the Managing Director and Shareholder of GUS GmbH, Cologne – Germany. He also was the Chairman of the Board of GUS Group AG & Co KG, Cologne – Germany.In 1997, he received the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. He has also been the Chairman of “Forum Mittelstand” (SMB issues) of German Association of Information Technology, Telecommunications and New Media (BITKOM). He was the Vice President of the BITKOM steering committee since 2003 and Member of the Board of SMB issues committee of BDI (Federation of German Industries).