At Atlantik-Brücke’s annual members’ meeting, the current Chair, Sigmar Gabriel, former Federal Foreign Minister, was elected to a third term in office. Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU/CSU), and Professor Dr. Michael Hüther, Director and Member of the Executive Board of the German Economic Institute, will also continue in their roles as Deputy Chairs.
Anahita Thoms, Partner and Head of Germany’s International Trade Practice at Baker McKenzie, was newly elected to the Executive Board and will serve as Treasurer for the next three years. We are also pleased to announce the re-election of our CEO, Julia Friedlander.
The members confirmed the Atlantik-Brücke Executive Board in office and also elected the extended board.
The following board members were confirmed in office:
- Metin Hakverdi, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD) and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation for the Federal Government
- Tina Hassel, Head of ARD Studio Brussels
- Ben Hodges, Lieutenant General (ret.), U.S. Army; Senior Advisor, FBH Geostrat Consulting GmbH
- Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, Ambassador, Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Moscow
- James von Moltke, Member of the Executive Board, Chief Financial Officer, Deutsche Bank AG
- Omid Nouripour, Member of the German Bundestag (Alliance 90/The Greens), Vice President of the German Bundestag
- Friederike von Tiesenhausen, Global Head of Public Affairs, Bloomberg LP
- Karsten Uhlmann, Managing Director, Frankfurter Brauhaus
- Dr. Nagila Warburg, Board Member, Warburg Archive Foundation
Newly appointed to the extended board were:
- Dr. David M. Deißner, Managing Director, Foundation for Family Businesses and Politics
- Stefan Dräger, Chairman of the Executive Board, Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA
- Dr. Emily Haber, Ambassador (ret.), Federal Foreign Office
- Dr. Nils Krause, Partner, International Co-Head of Corporate Legal Products and Innovation, DLA Piper LLP
- Cecilie Rohwedder, Reporter and Contributor, The Wall Street Journal
- Katja Schremmer, Head of Corporate Equity and Debt Solutions Germany, BNP Paribas S.A.
- Stefan Wölfle, Senior Vice President Programs & Services, Airbus SE
The following board members did not stand for re-election:
- Kai Diekmann, Storymachine, Berlin
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Dombret, former Executive Board Member of Deutsche Bundesbank; Oliver Wyman, Frankfurt am Main
- Angelika Gifford, Meta, Munich
- Wolfgang Ischinger, Munich Security Conference Foundation, Berlin
- Eveline Metzen, Deutsche Bank, Berlin
- Ute Wolf, Chief Financial Officer, Evonik Industries AG, Essenn
The audit of Atlantik-Brücke’s finances will continue to be carried out by Nurten Erdogan, Chief Financial Officer & Member of the Management Board, ING-DiBa AG, and Dr. Joachim von Schorlemer, Senior Advisor, Teneo Germany GmbH, and Advisor to the Executive Board, ING-DiBa AG. Both were confirmed in office by the members’ meeting.
Following the members’ meeting, Atlantik-Brücke’s annual summer reception took place – this year, for the first time, in the courtyard of the new office at Palais Eger. Members took the opportunity to reconnect in person and engage in lively conversations that continued into the late evening.