Board of Trustees

Duties of the Board of Trustees

The duties of the Board of Trustees include advising InWEnt on major issues pertaining to the development of the company, exchanging information and opinions on all issues related to the purpose of the company and promoting relations between InWEnt, the federal laender, private-sector businesses and associations and other institutions working in similar fields as InWEnt.

Members of the Board of Trustees

Representatives of the German Parliament

Müller, Bernward
Member of Parliament, CDU

Koczy, Ute
Member of Parliament, Alliance 90/ The Greens

Kofler, Dr. Bärbel
Member of Parliament, SPD

Königshaus, Hellmut
Member of Parliament, FDP

Business Representatives

Wörmann, Dr. Claudia
Head of Department International Affairs – Economic Policy Department, Federation of German Industries (BDI), Director of the Working Group Development Policy of German Business Industries (AGE)

Starzacher, Karl
Former Chairman of the Working Group Development Policy of German Business - (AGE)

Schleyer, Hanns-Eberhard
Secretary General of the Federation of German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Businesses (ZDH)

Pott, Dr. Richard
Member of the Board,
Bayer AG

Representative of the Trade Union

Jenter, Anne
Member of the National Executive Board, “Gender Equality and Women's Policy”, Union for Education and Science (GEW)

Representatives of the Federal States

Schöhl, Wolfram
Vice Secretary, Head of the Department for Agricultural Education and Advisory Service;
Bavarian State Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry

Kauert, Hans-Georg
Head of Department Economic and Technology Policy; Berlin Government for Economics, Labour and Womens’s Issues

Henkel, Axel
Deputy Director General
Hessian Ministry of Economics, Transportation, Urban and Regional Development

Werren, Joachim
State Secretary
Ministry of Economics, Labour and Transport of Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony)

Staupe, Dr. Jürgen
State Secretary Saxonian State Ministry of Environment and Agriculture

Farivar, Stefan
Head of Department
Ministry of Economics and Labour, Saxony-Anhalt

Representatives of Federal Ministries

Burger, Susanne
Head of Department for EU Education Programmes, International Cooperation in Education,
Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)

Heynen, Dr. Klaus-Jörg
Head of Directorate,
Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection

Wülker-Mirbach, Margitta
Minsterial Counsellor, Head of Development Policy, United Nations, UNCTAD,
Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi)

Hoven, Ingid-Gabriela
Head of Directorate: Cooperation with Countries and Regions: Asia; Latin America; Europe; peacebuilding; United Nations Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)