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Board of Directors

Board of Directors

Chairman

Former Federal Minister Sigmar Gabriel, Berlin

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Vice-Chairmen

Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther, Director and Member of the Presidium, German Economic Institute, Cologne

Former Federal Minister Dr. Norbert Röttgen, MdB (CDU/CSU), German Bundestag, Berlin

Treasurer

Anahita Thoms, Associate, Head of Germany’s International Trade Practice, Baker McKenzie

Chief Executive Director

Julia Friedlander

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CV of Julia Friedlander

Further Members of the Board

  • David Deißner, Managing Director, Family Business and Politics Foundation
  • Stefan Dräger, Chairman of the Executive Board, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
  • Emily Haber, former Ambassador, Federal Foreign Office
  • Metin Hakverdi, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD)
  • Tina Hassel, Studio Manager, ARD Studio Brussels
  • Ben Hodges, Lieutenant General (ret.), U.S. Army; Senior Advisor, FBH Geostrat Consulting GmbH
  • Nils Krause, Partner, International Co-Head of Corporate Legal Products and Innovation, DLA Piper LLP
  • Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Moscow
  • James von Moltke, Member of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, Deutsche Bank AG
  • Omid Nouripour, Member of the German Bundestag (Alliance 90/The Greens), Vice President of the German Bundestag
  • Cecilie Rohwedder, Reporter and Contributor, The Wall Street Journal
  • Katja Schremmer, Head of Corporate Equity and Debt Solutions Germany, BNP Paribas S.A.
  • Friederike von Tiesenhausen, Global Head of Public Affairs, Bloomberg LP
  • Karsten Uhlmann, Managing Partner, Frankfurter Brauhaus GmbH
  • Nagila Warburg, Member of the Executive Board, Warburg Archive Foundation
  • Stefan Wölfle, Senior Vice President Programs & Services, Airbus SE

Founding Board (1952)

  • Eric M. Warburg (banker)
  • Erik Blumenfeld (entrepreneur and politician)
  • Dr. Marion Countess Dönhoff (journalist and publisher of “Die Zeit”)
  • Ernst Friedlaender (journalist)
  • Dr. Hans Karl von Borries (entrepreneur)