After studying Business Education at the University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Walter Bockshecker spent seven years in various positions with the Bundeswehr.
In 1990, he joined the Berufsbildungswerk der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft (BWV, Vocational Training Center of the German Insurance Industry), where he most recently held the position of executive board member. In addition, he served for three years as founding and chief executive officer of the Deutsche Versicherungsakademie (DVA, German Insurance Academy). During this time, he was chairman of the supervisory board of an IT start-up and a member of central committees of the German Insurance Association, the Employers’ Association of Insurance Companies in Germany, and the Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce.
Since 2004, he has been a member of the executive boards of NÜRNBERGER Versicherung (German insurance company headquartered in Nuremberg), responsible for human resources and social affairs, and in 2022 also for IT. During this time, he held several mandates as chairman of supervisory boards and boards of directors at subsidiaries of NÜRNBERGER Versicherung.
In an honorary capacity, he was chairman of the board of the Berufsbildungswerk Nordbayern-Thüringen (Vocational Training Center Northern Bavaria-Thuringia), a member of the board of the Berufsbildungsverband der Versicherungswirtschaft (VBV, Vocational Training Association of the Insurance Industry), deputy chairman of Forum V (North Bavarian Institute for Insurance Science and Economics at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), and a member of the University Council of FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. He is currently a member of the supervisory board of NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG. In 2023, he became honorary senator of FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.