People
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Executive Board
The foundation’s Executive Board has the status of its legal representative. It represents the foundation both in and out of court. It also manages the foundation. Its duties include managing the foundation’s assets, using the funds to fulfil the foundation’s purposes, keeping records of the foundation’s assets and changes to its assets as well as its income and expenditure. It is also responsible for submitting the annual financial statements, preparing a comprehensive report on the fulfilment of the foundation’s purpose and an auditor’s report.
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Prof. Rainer Kirchdörfer
Member of the Executive Board -
Dr. Ulrich Stoll
Member of the Executive Board
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Managing Directors
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Dr. David Deißner
Managing Director -
Stefan Heidbreder
Managing Director
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Team
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Anna Bergmann
Executive Assistant -
David Fischer
Research & Programs -
Sibylle Gausing
Research & Programs -
Meike Gessner
Head of Events -
Leonie Hallmaier
Communications Officer -
Caroline Herbst
Event Management Specialist (parental leave) -
Pauline Hiller von Gaertringen
Communications Officer (Parental Leave) -
Dr. Johanna Hochloff
Research & Programmes (parental leave) -
Cornelia Knust
Head of Communications -
Friedrich Lührs
Head of Economic Analyses & Surveys -
Jessica Mema
Assistant Human Resources & Finances -
Dr. Johannes Müller
Deputy Head of Research & Programs -
Josef Piegger
Event Management Specialist -
Katharina Romanski
Communications Officer -
Lars Schimmel
Communications Officer -
Moritz Schweitzer
Event Management Specialist -
Juliane Strenzke
Event Management Specialist & Executive Assistant -
Dr. Barbara Unger
Research & Programs -
Stefanie Westermeier
Head of Human Resources & Finances
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Advisory Board
The Advisory Board is an advisory body. It oversees the academic research of the Foundation for Family Business and offers ideas. It initiates debates and delves deeper into them. It publishes essays and thesis papers on current challenges facing family businesses and Germany as a location for family businesses.
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Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio
Member of the Advisory Board -
Prof. Gabriel Felbermayr, Ph.D.
Member of the Advisory Board -
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Clemens Fuest
Member of the Advisory Board -
Professor Rainer Kirchdörfer
Vorsitzender des Wissenschaftlichen Beirats der Stiftung Familienunternehmen -
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hans-Werner Sinn
Member of the Advisory Board -
Prof. Dr. Kay Windthorst
Member of the Advisory Board
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Board of trustees
According to the foundation’s Articles of Association, the Board of Trustees consists of at least five members who must have the professional and personal qualifications required for such an office based on their education and social standing. At least two thirds of the members of the foundation’s Board of Trustees must be shareholders of family businesses, their spouses or members of the management of a family business, including former members.
The Board of Trustees has the following duties: Advising and monitoring the Executive Board, annual approval of the actions of the Executive Board, examination and approval of the annual financial statements submitted by the Executive Board and the report on the fulfilment of the foundation’s purpose, approval of legal transactions requiring authorisation. It meets at least twice a year.
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Univ. Prof. Dr. Ing. habil. Hans-Jörg Bullinger
Chairman of the Executive Board
Fraunhofer Zukunftsstiftung, Munich -
Prof. E.h. Senator E.h., E.h. Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Klaus Fischer
Owner and Chairman of the Advisory Board
Fischerwerke GmbH & Co. KG, Waldachtal -
Christel Gausepohl
Partner
Die Thüringer Fleisch- und Wurstspezialitäten Rainer Wagner GmbH, Dornheim -
Dr. Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller
Chairwoman of the Administrative Board
Trumpf SE + Co. KG, Ditzingen -
Angelique Renkhoff-Mücke
Chief Executive Officer and Chairwoman of the Board
Warema Renkhoff SE, Marktheidenfeld -
Prof. Dr. Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp
Chairman Executive Board and Family Board
E. Merck KG, Darmstadt -
Prof. Dr. Kay Windhorst
Gesellschafter und Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH , Duisburg
