About Us
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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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)