Members of the Board

Honorary Chairman
Gerhard Schröder
Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany

 

CEO
Helene Rang
Proprietor
Helene Rang & Partner

 

Chairman
Johann Erich Wilms
President
WILMS group

 

Deputy Chairmen
Burkhard Dahmen
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors
SMS group
GmbH
Oliver Hermes
Chairman
WILO SE
Dr. Martin Herrenknecht
Chairman
Herrenknecht
AG
Prof. Dr. Joachim Nagel
Member of the Board
KfW Bankengruppe
Bernd Romanski
Proprietor
BJR Businessconcepts
Martin Seeger
Managing Partner
Teknokon Group

 

Other board members
Martin Bay
Proprietor
MB Zeppelin
Ole von Beust
Managing Director
Ole von Beust Consulting GmbH &
Co. KG
Dr. Thomas Brandstätt
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors
Tractebel Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Gerald Bumharter
Managing Director
Misr Bank – Europe GmbH
Dieter Ernst
Proprietor
IWC – Innovation and Water Consult
Jürgen Fitschen
Former Co-Chairman
Deutsche Bank AG
Michael Glos
Former Federal German Minister of Economics and Technology
Isabella Groegor-Cechowicz
Global General Manager
SAP
SE
Alexander Knauf
General Partner
Knauf Gips KG
Jan Kupfer
Member of the Board
UniCredit
Bank AG
Hartmut Mehdorn
Former CEO
Airport Berlin
Brandenburg BER
Günther Mull
Managing Director
DERMALOG GmbH
Matthias Müller
Former Chairman of the Board
Volkswagen
AG
Marc Neumann
Managing Director
Ferrostaal
Industrieanlagen GmbH
Armin Papperger
Chairman
Rheinmetall AG
Dr.Bernd Pfaffenbach
Former Secretary of State
Achim Post, MdB
Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Group
Deutscher Bundestag
Erich Staake
Chairman
Duisport AG
Philippe Steiner
Executive Managing Director and Owner
SPG Steiner
GmbH
Jens-Ove Stier
Managing Director
Winterstein – Kontor GmbH
Martin Stüttem
Member of the Board
LEONI AG
Niko Warbanoff
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors
DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH
Hans Ulrich Willach
Managing Director
Standardkessel Baumgarte Service GmbH 
Klaus Wirth
CEO and Co-Owner
Plattenhardt + Wirth

 

International Board
S.E. Abdullah Bin Hamad Al Attiyah
Chairman
Abdullah Bin Hamad Al-Attiyah
Foundation for Energy & Sustainable Development,
Former Minister of Energy and Deputy Prime Minister of Qatar
Ahmet Eren
Chairman
Eren Holding, Türkei
S.E. Ing. Mubarak A. Al-Khafrah
Chairman
National Industrialized Company (TASNEE), Saudi-Arabien
Co-Chairman des Saudi-German Business
Dialogue
S.E. Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh
 Former Minister of Industry, Mines and
Trade of the I.R. of Iran Chairman of Nebco

 

Honorary Chairman 1998-2005
Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski
Former Federal Minister