1. The Foundation
2. Board of trustees

Board of Trustees

The foundation’s Board of Trustees is made up of top businesspeople and leading experts. It provides stimulus, monitors the quality and efficiency of the foundation’s work, and also complements the latter’s activities with know-how from the fields of research, science and business practice.

 

 

The members of the Board of Trustees

 

Andrea Alexandra Alber

Managing Partner
GEZE GmbH, Leonberg

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Günter Albers

Executive Partner
ELA-Container GmbH, Haren

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Tobias Bachmüller

Managing Partner
Katjes Fassin GmbH & Co. KG, Emmerich

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Dr. Friderike Bagel

Partner
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf

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Norbert Basler

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Basler AG, Ahrensburg

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Prof. Hans B. Bauerfeind

Chairman of the board
Bauerfeind AG, Zeulenroda

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Beate Beck-Deharde

Managing Partner
Beck Packautomaten GmbH & Co. KG, Frickenhausen

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Hans Beckhoff

Managing Director
Beckhoff Automation GmbH & Co. KG, Verl

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Andreas Bettermann

Executive Partner
Bettermann GmbH, Cologne

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J. Michael Boquoi

Vice-Chairman of the Foundation Board
bofrost* Stiftung Pont, Straelen

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Werner Borgers

Formerly: Member of the Supervisory Board
Borgers AG, Bocholt

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Prof. Dr. Ing. Hans-Jörg Bullinger

Member of the Senate
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Munich

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Michael Busch

Executive Partner
Herder Thalia Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Hagen

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Dr. Werner Conrad

Chairman of the Board of Directors
Conrad Electronic SE, Hirschau

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Dr. rer. pol. Philipp Dehn

Chairman of the Administrative Board / CEO
Dehn SE, Neumarkt

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Ulrich Dietz

Chairman of the Administrative Board
GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart

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Xue Hong Dong-Geis

Partner
Geis Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Nürnberg

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Max Finger

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Lenze SE, Aerzen

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Prof. E.h. Senator E.h., E.h. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Klaus Fischer

Owner and chairman of the management
fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Waldachtal

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Thomas Fischer

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Mann + Hummel GmbH, Ludwigsburg

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Dr. Hans-Peter Friedrich, Bundesminister a.D.

Vice-President of the German Bundestag

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Wolfgang Fritsch-Albert

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Westfalen AG, Münster

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Christel Gausepohl

Partner
Thüringer Fleisch- und Wurstspezialitäten Rainer Wagner GmbH, Dornheim

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Ortwin Goldbeck

Chairman of the Advisory Board
Goldbeck GmbH, Bielefeld

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​Kerstin Grosse

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
KOMSA AG, Hartmannsdorf

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Philip Hager

Partner and Member of the Supervisory Board
Hager SE, Blieskastel

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Oliver Hermes

President & Chief Executive Officer
WILO SE, Dortmund

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S.H. Fürst Karl-Friedrich von Hohenzollern

Unternehmensgruppe Fürst von Hohenzollern, Sigmaringen

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Hans-Heiner Honold

Managing Partner
Honold Logistik Gruppe GmbH & Co. KG, Neu-Ulm

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Ines Hüvel

Unternehmensgruppe Theo Müller S.e.c.s., Luxemburg

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Johannes Kärcher

Chairman of the Advisory Board
Alfred Kärcher SE & Co. KG, Winnenden

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Thomas Kaeser

Chairman of the Board
KAESER KOMPRESSOREN SE, Coburg

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Prof. Edwin Kohl

Board of directors
Kohl Medical AG, Perl

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Ilse Lang

Managing Partner
IBW Industriebeteiligungen Worms GmbH & Co.KG, Worms

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Dr. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller

Chairman of the Administrative Board
Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG, Ditzingen

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Ute Lesch-Gebhardt

Managing Partner
Gebhardt Transport- und Lagersysteme GmbH, Cham

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Robert Lindemann-Berk

Managing Partner
Quarzwerke GmbH, Frechen

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Senator E.h. Dr. Thomas Lindner

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Groz-Beckert KG, Albstadt

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Dr. Hinrich Mählmann

Chairman of the Advisory Board
OTTO FUCHS KG, Meinerzhagen

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Dr. Harald Marquardt

Managing Partner
Marquardt GmbH, Rietheim – Weilheim

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Natalie Mekelburger

Managing Partner
Coroplast Fritz Müller GmbH & Co. KG, Wuppertal

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Emmerich Müller

Member of the Executive Board
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Holding AG, Frankfurt

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Frank Natus

Managing Partner
NATUS GmbH & Co. KG, Trier

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Günther H. Oettinger

Former EU Commissioner

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Jan Philippiak

Partner
ebm-papst Mulfingen GmbH & Co. KG, Mulfingen

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Hartwig Pietzcker

Managing Partner
AKG Unternehmensgruppe, Hofgeismar

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Prof. Detlef W. Prinz

Managing Partner
PrinzMedien Holding, Berlin

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Angelique Renkhoff-Mücke

Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman of the Board
WAREMA Renkhoff SE, Marktheidenfeld

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Angelika Rheinländer

Partner
Gebr. Eickhoff Maschinenfabrik und Eisengießerei GmbH, Bochum

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Florian G. Schauenburg

Managing Partner
Schauenburg International Group, Mühlheim an der Ruhr

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Prof. Rolf Schnellecke

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Schnellecke Group AG & Co. KG, Wolfsburg

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Rudolf Louis Schweizer

Chairman of the Advisory Board and Partner
Dr. August Oetker KG, Bielefeld

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Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp

Chairman Executive Board and Family Board
E. Merck KG, Darmstadt

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Selina Stihl

Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Board
STIHL Holding AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen

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Frank Straub

Shareholder
E.G.O. Blanc und Fischer & Co. GmbH, Oberderdingen

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Dr. H.-Werner Utz

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Uzin Utz SE, Ulm

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Christoph Werner

Chief Executive Officer
dm-drogerie markt GmbH + Co. KG, Karlsruhe

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Prof. Dr. Kay Windthorst

Shareholder Representive and Member of the Supervisory Board
Haniel GmbH, Duisburg

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