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​ACHIEVEMENTS, POSITIONS, REWARDS 

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1990
“Senator” at the Junior Chamber International (highest possible rank worldwide), Senator# 60254
1995 – 2010
Member of the Advisory Board of the International Dean of International Business Administration Prof. Dr. Uli Froehlich at Pfeiffer University, Charlotte
1994 – 1997 ​
​Member of the Advisory Board of Lincoln Bank, Charlotte
​1996-1998 
​President of the Charlotte World Trade Organization (CWTO) 
1997/8 
Vice-President of the NC World Trade Association (NCWTA), as such Co-Chairman of the yearly NCWTA Conference in Charlotte in 1998 with Colin Powell as key-note speaker
SouthStar Steel was the Fastest Growing Privately Held Company (acc. to KPMG and The Business Journal) in Western North Carolina in 1994, 1995, 1996 (no company ever had the #1 position twice), #2 in 1997 and #10 in 1998 and in 1996 #84 on INC. Magazine’s list of Fastest Growing Companies Nationwide 
1996 
Entrepreneur of the Year in North Carolina (Ernest + Young) and runner-up in the National Awards of Entrepreneur of the Year 
1997 
Entrepreneurial Trailblazer Award from the Metrolina Entrepreneurial Council 
1998 
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year 
2004-2011 
​President of the North Carolina Chapter, German American Chamber of Commerce of the Southern United States  
April 2005-2011 
Member of the Board of the German American Chamber of the Southern United States, Atlanta
2011 – to date
Honorary Member of the Board of the German American Chamber of the Southern United States, Atlanta
April 2007-2011
Member of the Board of the World Affairs Council Charlotte   
January 17, 2014-September 30, 2021
Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany for Western North Carolina
​May 5, 2015
The Mayor of Charlotte presents The Global Leader Award on behalf of the Mayor’s International Cabinet Awards committee to Klaus and Concha Becker
May 2016 – to date
Member of the Board of the CPCC Foundation
Oct. 15, 2019
Global Service Award, Rotary International, Charlotte City Club
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