Boards
Board of Trustees | Supervisory Board
As a gGmbH (non-profit, limited-liability company) supported by a Board of Trustees and a Supervisory Board, the Hertie School of Governance achieves exceptional standards in research and teaching, as well as efficient operational management.
The Board of Trustees plays an active role in the institution’s overall development, while the Supervisory Board supports and monitors the School’s finances.
The Board of Trustees plays an active role in the institution’s overall development, while the Supervisory Board supports and monitors the School’s finances.
Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Kurt Biedenkopf (Honorary Chairman), former Minister President of Saxony
Dr. h.c. Frank-J. Weise (Chairman), Chairman, German Federal Employment Agency
Frank Mattern (Vice Chairman), Managing Partner, Germany, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Clement, former Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Labour; former Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Eitel, Rector, Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg
Dr. Michael Endres, Chairman of the Hertie Foundation; former Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank AG
Prof. Dr. Dr. Udo Di Fabio, Member, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany (Second Senate)
Prof. Mary Kaldor, PhD, Professor of Global Governance and Co-Director, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, President, University of Hamburg
Dr. Klaus Mangold, Chairman of the Eastern Committee of German Business
Thomas Oppermann, MdB, Head of the SPD Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag; former Minister for Science and Culture, Lower Saxony
Dr. Manfred Overhaus, former State Secretary, German Federal Ministry of Finance
Dr. Norbert Röttgen, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Dr. Marcus Schenck, Chief Financial Officer, E.ON AG
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Schön, Managing Director, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law; Honorary Professor at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Folke Schuppert, Research Professor for New Forms of Governance, Social Science Research Center Berlin
Dr. Ursula Weidenfeld, freelance journalist and author
Dr. Bernhard Wunderlin, Vice CEO of the Hertie Foundation; former CEO Harald Quandt Holding GmbH, Bad Homburg
Supervisory Board
Dr. Michael Endres (Chairman), Chairman of the Hertie Foundation; former Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Deutsche Bank AG
Dr. Dr. Peter Bettermann, General Partner, Freudenberg & Co., Weinheim
Prof. Dr. Michael Madeja, Managing Director of the Hertie Foundation
Dr. Bernhard Wunderlin, Vice CEO of the Hertie Foundation; former CEO Harald Quandt Holding GmbH, Bad Homburg
