GIZ’s official bodies
Open eyes and regular exchange of information and views: GIZ’s official bodies are important monitoring bodies, advisors and generators of new impetus.
The current composition of official bodies can be found here.
SUPERVISORY BOARD
Shareholder representatives
Martin Jäger
Chair
State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development (since 4 April 2018)
Dr Friedrich Kitschelt
Chair
Former State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry
for Economic Cooperation and Development (until 4 April 2018)
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
Christine Lambrecht
Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry
of Finance (since 19 April 2018)
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
Chief Executive Officer of IHK Stuttgart Region
(until 19 April 2018)
Wolfram Schöhl
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE)
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
Former member of the German Federal Parliament
Brigitte Zypries
Parliamentary State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
(role held during the term of office) (until 31 January 2017)
Employees’ representatives
Jan Wesseler
First Deputy Chair
GIZ, Rwanda (since 7 July 2017)
Dr Stephan Krall
Second Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn
Armin Hofmann
GIZ, Myanmar
Winnie Kauderer
GIZ, Bonn (until 7 July 2017)
Antonia Kühn
German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB), North Rhine-Westphalia
(until 7 July 2017)
Birgit Ladwig
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), National Executive, Berlin
Dr Sabine Müller
GIZ, Eschborn
Jens Neumann
GIZ, Eschborn (since 7 July 2017)
Mariella Regh
GIZ, Bonn (since 7 July 2017)
Thomas Schenk
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main
Paul Schlüter
GIZ, Bonn (since 7 July 2017)
Ursula Schoch
GIZ, Bonn (until 7 July 2017)
Tobias Schürmann
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di)
(since 7 July 2017)
Dr Julius Spatz
GIZ, Eschborn
(until 7 July 2017)
Daniela Spies
Second Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn
(until 7 July 2017)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
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
Dr Anthea Bethge
EIRENE International Christian Service for Peace
(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)
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
Stefan Farivar
Ministry of Science and Economic Affairs of Saxony-Anhalt
Dr Kambiz Ghawami
World University Service
Cuno Güttler
Rhineland Saving Banks and Giro Association
(Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband)
Dr Georg Haber
Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Trades (since 12 April 2017)
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
Ulla Ihnen
Carl Duisberg Society
Mark Kamperhoff
German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
(since 12 April 2017)
Dr Eva Kracht
German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation 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
(until 30 January 2018)
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
Stefan Rebmann
Member of the German Federal Parliament, SPD parliamentary group
Zeno Reichenbecher
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (since 12 April 2017)
Dr Frank Richter
German Federal Ministry of Defence
Christian Rickerts
Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises in Berlin
(since 20 July 2017)
Claudia Roth
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen parliamentary group
Janina Salden
German Association of Towns and Municipalities (since 12 April 2017)
Mathias Samson
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
Heike Spielmans
VENRO (umbrella organisation of development non-governmental organisations in Germany)
(since 12 April 2017)
Friedrich Wacker
German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY BOARD
Dr Michael Rabbow
Chair
Boehringer Ingelheim
(until 15 March 2018)
Heike Bergmann
Voith Hydro GmbH & Co. KG (since 15 March 2018)
Roland Göhde
Sysmex Partec GmbH (since 15 March 2018)
Kevin Heidenreich
Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Olaf Hoffmann
Dorsch Holding GmbH (since 15 March 2018)
Renate Hornung-Draus
Confederation of German Employers’ Associations
Birgit Klesper
Deutsche Telekom AG
(until 15 March 2018)
Dr Stefan Kreher
Volkswagen AG
(until 15 March 2018)
Matthias Kühn
Carl Duisberg Society
Michael Pittelkow
SAP SE (since 15 March 2018)
Jörg Thiele
German Association of Consulting Engineers
Jochen Voss
Carl Duisberg Society (until 15 March 2018)
Matthias Wachter
Federation of German Industries
Dr Peter Weiss
German Confederation of Skilled Crafts
As at 30 April 2018