Our Official bodies

Shareholder representatives

Dr Friedrich Kitschelt
Chairman
State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development

Claudia Dörr-Voß
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 8 March 2017)

Anja Hajduk
Member of the German Federal Parliament

Volkmar Klein
Member of the German Federal Parliament

Michael Leutert
Member of the German Federal Parliament

Walter J. Lindner
State Secretary in the German Federal Foreign Office
(since 8 March 2017)

Johannes Schmalzl
German Federal Ministry of Finance
(since 17 November 2016)

Wolfram Schöhl
Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Forestry

Dr Ludger Schuknecht
German Federal Ministry of Finance
(until 1 November 2016)

Sonja Steffen
Member of the German Federal Parliament

Stephan Steinlein
State Secretary in the German Federal Foreign Office
(until 8 March 2017)

Dagmar G. Wöhrl
Member of the German Federal Parliament

Brigitte Zypries
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy
(until 31 January 2017)

Employees’ representatives

Dr Stephan Krall
First Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn

Daniela Spies
Second Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn

Armin Hofmann
GIZ, Myanmar

Winnie Kauderer
GIZ, Bad Honnef

Antonia Kühn
German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), North Rhine-Westphalia

Birgit Ladwig
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), National Executive, Berlin

Dr Sabine Müller
GIZ, Eschborn

Thomas Schenk
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main

Ursula Schoch
GIZ, Burundi

Dr Julius Spatz
GIZ, Eschborn

Dr Claudia Lücking-Michel
Chair
Member of the German Federal Parliament, CDU/CSU parliamentary group

Dr Susanne Dröge
First Deputy Chair
German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Dr Jürgen Ratzinger
Second Deputy Chair
Business Council Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate of the Carl Duisberg Society

Dr Elke Ahrens
Agentur Ahrens

Renate Bähr
DSW (Deutsche Stiftung Weltbevölkerung)
(until 31 December 2016)

Dr Anthea Bethge
Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Entwicklungsdienste e.V. (AGdD) (since 12 April 2017)

Dr Bernd Bornhorst
VENRO (umbrella organisation of development non-governmental organisations in Germany)

Andreas Botsch
German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
(since 12 April 2017)

Dr Jens Peter Breitengroß
Hamburg Chamber of Commerce
(until 31 December 2016)

Susanne Burger
German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Jürgen Deile
Learning and Helping Overseas (Arbeitskreis Lernen und Helfen in Übersee e. V.)

Stefan Delfs
German Federal Foreign Office
(since 27 September 2016)

Stefan Farivar
Ministry of Science and Economic Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt

David Gellner
Saxon State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture (until 22 March 2016)

Dr Kambiz Ghawami
World University Service

Cuno Güttler
Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband
(Rhineland Saving Banks and Giro Association)

Georg Haber
Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Trades (since 12 April 2017)

Rüdiger Heidebrecht
German Association for Water, Wastewater and Waste (DWA) (until 31 December 2016)

Jürgen Hein
State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr Ariane Hildebrandt
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Dr Simone Höckele-Häfner
State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg

Former State Secretary Ulla Ihnen
Carl Duisberg Society

Mark Kamperhoff
German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
(since 12 April 2017)

Hans Georg Kauert
Berlin Senate Department for Economics, Technology and Research

Dr Bärbel Kofler
Member of the German Federal Parliament, SPD parliamentary group
(until 27 September 2016)

Dr Eva Kracht
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (since 12 April 2017)

Jutta Kremer
Lower Saxony State Chancellery

Walter Leitermann
Association of German Cities

Niema Movassat
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Die Linke parliamentary group

Dr Ilja Nothnagel
Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (since 12 April 2017)

Dr Kai-Andreas Otto
German Federal Ministry of the Interior

Raphaele Polak
Saxon State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture (since 19 April 2016)

Franz Prebeck
Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Trades
(until 31 December 2016)

Stefan Rebmann
Member of the German Federal Parliament, SPD parliamentary group
(since 27 September 2016)

Zeno Reichenbecher
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 12 April 2017)

Dr Frank Richter
German Federal Ministry of Defence

Claudia Roth
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group

Dr Karsten Sach
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (until 31 December 2016)

Janina Salden
German Association of Towns and Municipalities (since 12 April 2017)

Mathias Samson
State Secretary in the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Regional Development

Eva Schmierer
German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection

Thimo V. Schmitt-Lord
Bayer Foundations

Dr Imme Scholz
German Development Institute

Dr Dorothea Schütz
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (until 31 December 2016)

Heike Spielmans
VENRO (umbrella organisation of development non-governmental organisations in Germany)
(since 12 April 2017)

Barbara Susec
German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)
(until 22 November 2016)

Friedrich Wacker
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Uwe Zimmermann
German Association of Towns and Municipalities (until 31 December 2016)

Dr Michael Rabbow
Chair
Boehringer Ingelheim

Kevin Heidenreich
Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (since 16 April 2016)

Renate Hornung-Draus
Confederation of German Employers’ Associations

Birgit Klesper
Deutsche Telekom AG

Dr Stefan Kreher
Volkswagen AG

Matthias Kühn
Carl Duisberg Society

Heiko Schwiderowski
Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (until 16 April 2016)

Jörg Thiele
German Association of Consulting Engineers

Jochen Voss
Carl Duisberg Society

Matthias Wachter
Federation of German Industries

Dr Peter Weiss
German Confederation of Skilled Crafts