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

Oliver Hermes
Chairman of the Board
WILO SE
Dr. Martin Herrenknecht
Chairman of the Board
Herrenknecht AG
Bernd Romanski
Proprietor
BJR Businessconcepts
Martin Seeger
Managing Partner
Teknokon Group
 

Other board members

Martin Bay
Proprietor
MB Zeppelin
Dr. Thomas Brandstätt
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors
Tractebel Engineering GmbH & Co. KG
Burkhard Dahmen
President and CEO
SMS group GmbH
Dieter Ernst
Proprietor
IWC – Innovation and Water Consult
Jürgen Fitschen
Former Co-Chairman
Deutsche Bank AG
Michael Glos
Former German Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
Jörg Kampmeyer
Co-Owner
Knauf AG
Dr. Martin Klein
Global General Manager
SAP SE
Jan Kupfer
Member of the Board
UniCredit Bank AG
Felix von Limburg
CEO
B.T. innovation GmbH
Hartmut Mehdorn
Former CEO
Airport Berlin Brandenburg BER
Günther Mull
Executive Director
DERMALOG GmbH
Matthias Müller
Former Chairman of the Board
Volkswagen AG
Chairman
Piëch Holding AG
Marc Neumann
Executive Director
Ferrostaal Industrieanlagen GmbH
Armin Papperger
Chairman of the Board
Rheinmetall AG
Dr. Bernd Pfaffenbach
Former Secretary of State
Achim Post, MdB
Deputy Leader of Parliamentary Group
Deutscher Bundestag
Hans-Peter Rehn
President, Medset Medizintechnik GmbH
Zimmer MedizinSysteme GmbH
Erich Staake
Chairman of the Board
Duisport AG
Philippe Steiner
Executive Managing Director and Owner
SPG Steiner GmbH


Jens-Ove Stier
Executive Director
Winterstein – Kontor GmbH
Dawn Summers
Member of the Board, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Region EMEA
Wintershall Dea GmbH


Niko Warbanoff
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors
DB Engineering & Consulting GmbH
Marck Wengrzik
Executive Director
AKA European Export + Trade Bank
Hans Ulrich Willach
Executive Director
Standardkessel Baumgarte Service GmbH 
Klaus Wirth
CEO and Co-Owner
Plattenhardt + Wirth 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
Former Federal Minister