Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board is chaired by Dr. Franziska Brantner, Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, and is composed of public and private sector representatives.

Dr. Franziska Brantner
Chairwoman
Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Carsten Schneider
State Minister and Government Commissioner for Eastern Germany, Federal Chancellery

Susanne Baumann
State Secretary, Federal Foreign Office

Dr. Judith Hermes
Director of the Department for European Politics and International Financial Policy, Federal Ministry of Finance

Wolfgang Tiefensee
Minister, Ministry of Economy, Science and Digital Society, Thuringia

Daniela Schmitt
Minister, Ministry of Economy, Transport, Agriculture and Viticulture, Rhineland-Palatinate

Melanie Kell
CEO, Kell Outsourcing GmbH, Wiesbaden

Dr. Martin Wansleben
Managing Director of the German Chambers of Industry and Commerce (DIHK)

Antonin Finkelnburg
Director General, Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services (BGA)