Our official bodies
Open eyes and regular exchange of information and views: GIZ’s official bodies are important control bodies, advisors and generators of new impetus.
Shareholder, control bodies and advisory bodies
In addition to the Management Board, the Shareholder Meeting and the Supervisory Board are the official bodies that GIZ is required to have under German law. The Board of Trustees advises the company. It provides a platform for exchanging information and opinions and fosters relations between GIZ and the members of the Board and the institutions they represent: the German Federal Parliament, federal ministries, states and local authorities, civil society, the private sector, trade unions, development workers and academic/scientific institutions.
The Private Sector Advisory Board provides a platform for regular dialogue between the private sector and international cooperation organisations. This Board comprises representatives of companies and business associations. It meets at least twice a year to identify common fields of activity and possible avenues for cooperation. The goal is to create stronger links between the private sector and international cooperation organisations.
SUPERVISORY BOARD
SHAREHOLDER REPRESENTATIVES
Martin Jäger
Chair
State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Claudia Dörr-Voß
State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Anja Hajduk
Member of the German Federal Parliament
Michael Hinterdobler
Representative of the Bavarian State Chancellery
Carsten Körber
Member of the German Federal Parliament
Antje Leendertse
State Secretary in the German Federal Foreign Office
Michael Leutert
Former Member of the German Federal Parliament
Dr Peter Ramsauer
Member of the German Federal Parliament
Wolfgang Schmidt
State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance
Sonja Steffen
Member of the German Federal Parliament
EMPLOYEES’ REPRESENTATIVES
Jan Wesseler
First Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn
(until 29 June 2020)
Dr Wibke Thies
Second Deputy Chair
GIZ, Eschborn
(until 29 June 2020)
First Deputy Chair
(since 30 June 2020)
Katrin Gothmann
Second Deputy Chair
GIZ, Ecuador
(since 30 June 2020)
Christiane Einfeldt
GIZ, Sri Lanka
Armin Hofmann
GIZ, Myanmar
Birgit Ladwig
United Services Union
(ver.di), National Headquarters, Berlin
Dr Joachim Langbein
GIZ, Bonn
(since 1 April 2020)
Stefan Mager
GIZ, Berlin
Dr Sabine Müller
GIZ, Eschborn
Thomas Schenk
United Services Union
(ver.di), Frankfurt am Main
Paul Schlüter
GIZ, Bonn
(until 31 March 2020)
Tobias Schürmann
Formerly United Services Union
(ver.di), National Headquarters, Berlin
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Matern von Marschall
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 of Hesse/Rhineland-Palatinate
of the Carl Duisberg Society
Dr Elke Ahrens
Agentur Ahrens
Cornelia Berns
German Federal Ministry of
Food and Agriculture
(since 15 April 2021)
Dr Bernd Bornhorst
VENRO (Association of German Development and
Humanitarian Aid NGOs)
Andreas Botsch
German Trade Union Confederation (DGB)
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
(until 30 July 2020)
Nicole Ewert
Lower Saxony State Chancellery
Stefan Farivar
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt
(until 29 January 2020)
Dietmar Friedhoff
Member of the German Federal Parliament, AfD (Alternative for Germany) parliamentary group
Lina Furch
Association of German Cities
Dr Ines Geßner
German Federal Foreign Office
(since 2 November 2020)
Dr Kambiz Ghawami
World University Service
Norbert Gorißen
German Federal Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety
Cuno Güttler
Rhineland Savings Banks and Giro Association (Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband)
Dr Georg Haber
Lower Bavaria/Upper Palatinate Chamber of Skilled Crafts and Trades
Dr Ariane Hildebrandt
German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Dr Simone Höckele-Häfner
State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
(until 1 November 2020)
Andreas Höfflin
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science
and Digitalisation of Saxony-Anhalt
(since 1 July 2020)
Ulla Ihnen
Carl Duisberg Society
Mark Kamperhoff
German Federal Ministry for Family Affairs,
Senior Citizens, Women and Youth
Alexander Graf Lambsdorff
Member of the German Federal Parliament, FDP (Free Democratic Party) parliamentary group
Dr Monika Lessl
Bayer Foundation
(since 2 November 2020)
Dr Claudia Lücking-Michel
Association of German Development Services
(since 2 November 2020)
Dr Philipp Nimmermann
Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing
Dr Ilja Nothnagel
Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry
Judith Ohene
Association of German Development Services
(until 1 November 2020)
Dr Kai-Andreas Otto
German Federal Ministry of the Interior,
Building and Community
Raphaele Polak
Saxon State Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection,
Environment and Agriculture
Colonel GS Dr Frank Richter
German Federal Ministry of Defence
Christian Rickerts
Senate Department for Economics, Energy
and Public Enterprises in Berlin
Claudia Roth
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Bündnis
90/Die Grünen (Alliance 90/The Greens) parliamentary group
Dr Janina Salden
German Association of Towns and Municipalities
Karin Scheiffele
State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg
(since 2 November 2020)
Eva Schmierer
German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection
Prof. Dr Imme Scholz
German Development Institute
Eva-Maria Schreiber
Member of the German Federal Parliament,
Die Linke (The Left) parliamentary group
Ludger Siemes
State Chancellery of North Rhine-Westphalia
Heike Spielmans
VENRO (Association of German
Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs)
Friedrich Wacker
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture
(until 31 December 2020)
Margitta Wülker-Mirbach
German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Dagmar Ziegler
Member of the German Federal Parliament, SPD
(Social Democratic Party) parliamentary group
PRIVATE SECTOR ADVISORY BOARD
Roland Göhde
Chair
Sysmex Partec GmbH
Matthias Wachter
Deputy Chair
Federation of German Industries
Heike Bergmann
Voith Hydro GmbH & Co. KG
Jens Hanefeld
Volkswagen AG
(since 31 March 2021)
Kevin Heidenreich
Association of German Chambers
of Commerce and Industry
(until 30 March 2021)
Olaf Hoffmann
Dorsch Holding GmbH
Renate Hornung-Draus
Confederation of German
Employers’ Associations
Matthias Kühn
Carl Duisberg Society
Michael Pittelkow
SAP SE
(until 30 March 2021)
Heiko Schwiderowski
Association of German Chambers
of Commerce and Industry
(since 31 March 2021)
Jörg Thiele
German Association of Consulting Engineers
Dr Peter Weiss
German Confederation of Skilled Crafts
As at: 30 April 2021
The current composition of official bodies can be found here
Information on the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) can be found on this page:
