| Honorary Chairman | ||
 | Gerhard Schröder Former Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany | |
| CEO | ||
 | Proprietor Helene Rang & Partner | |
| Chairman | ||
 | Johann Erich Wilms President WILMS group | |
| Deputy Chairmen | ||
 | Oliver Hermes Chairman of the Board WILO SE | |
 | Dr. Martin Herrenknecht Chairman of the Board Herrenknecht AG | |
 | Dr. Jan Mrosik Vorsitzender der Vorstandes Knorr-Bremse AG | |
 | Martin Seeger Managing Partner Teknokon Group | |
| Other board members | ||
 | Dr. Thomas Brandstätt Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors Tractebel Engineering GmbH & Co. KG | |
 | Burkhard Dahmen President and CEO SMS group GmbH | |
 | Friedrich Enkert Executive Director Megger GmbH | |
 | Dieter Ernst Proprietor IWC – Innovation and Water Consult | |
 | Dr. Michael Fraenzel Executive Director Karl Kolb GmbH & Co. KG | |
 | Dr. Ralf Jung CEO TÜV NORD International GmbH & Co. KG und Mitglied der Konzerngeschäftsleitung bei der TÜV NORD Group | |
 | Jörg Kampmeyer Managing Partner Gebr. Knauf KG | |
 | Dr. Martin Klein Global General Manager SAP SE | |
 | Felix von Limburg CEO B.T. innovation GmbH | |
 | Günther Mull Executive Director DERMALOG GmbH | |
 | Marc Neumann Executive Director Ferrostaal Industrieanlagen Libyen GmbH | |
 | Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach Former Secretary of State | |
 | Achim Post, MdB Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Group Deutscher Bundestag | |
 | Hans-Peter Rehn Executive Director Medset Medizintechnik GmbH Zimmer MedizinSysteme GmbH | |
 | Karl von Rohr President of the Management Board Deutsche Bank AG | |
 | Alf Sörensen General Manager Bank ABC | |
 | Erich Staake Chairman of the Board Duisport AG | |
 | Philippe Steiner Executive Managing Director and Owner SPG Steiner GmbH | |
 | Dawn Summers Member of the Board Wintershall Dea GmbH | |
 | Niko Warbanoff Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH | |
 | Marck Wengrzik Executive Director AKA European Export and Trade Bank | |
 | Hans Ulrich Willach Executive Director Standardkessel Baumgarte Service GmbH | |
| International Board | ||
 | H.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 | |
 | H.E. Eng. Mubarak A. Al-Khafrah Chairman, National Industrialized Company (TASNEE), Saudi Arabia Co-Chairman, Saudi-German Business Dialogue | |
 | Ahmet Eren Chairman of the Board Eren Holding, Türkei | |
 | H.E. Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh Former Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade of Iran Chairman, Nebco | |
 | Honorary Chairman 1998-2005 Hans-Jürgen Wischnewski | |