Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - School of Business and Economics

Governing bodies

On this page, you will find an overview of the members of the WWG.
Meeting dates 2025

Meeting of the Board of Trustees: Expected June 2025
Board meeting: June 18, 2025 and November 5, 2025, 3 p.m.
Members' meeting: November 5, 2025, 4:30 p.m. (followed by a lecture by Prof. Dr. em. h.c. mult. Martin Hellwig, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Department of Economics at the Universität Bonn)

The members of the WWG are made up of business executives, academics from the School and, to a small but growing extent, graduates and students from the School.

Board of Directors

The Board of Directors consists of a total of 9 members. Dr. Manfred Gentz, former member of the Board of Directors of Daimler AG, is Honorary Chairperson of the Board.

The Chairperson of the Board of Directors is Prof. Dr. Wienand Schruff, former member of the Executive Board of KPMG AG and honorary professor at the Universität Münster and at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Other members include:

  • Prof. Dr. h.c. Michael C. Burda
    Professor of economics and holder of the chair of Economic Theory II (Macroeconomics) at the School of Business and Economics.
  • Prof. Dr. Joachim Gassen
    Professor of business administration and holder of the chair of Accounting and Auditing at the School of Business and Economics.
  • Prof. Dr. A. Stefan Kirsten
    Manager and honorary professor at the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences.
  • Prof. Dr. Daniel Klapper
    Dean and professor of business administration and Director of the Institute for Marketing at the School of Business and Economics.
  • Klaus Siegers
    CEO of Weberbank.
  • Sebastian Stietzel
    President of the IHK Berlin.
  • Georg Weizsäcker
    Professor of economics and holder of the Chair of Microeconomic Theory and Applications at the School of Business and Economics.
  • Frank Wiethoff (treasurer)
    CEO of the Kerkhoff Group.

 

 Honorary Chairperson of the Board

Dr. Manfred Gentz

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees currently consists of a total of 17 members.

The Board of Trustees is chaired by Dr. Eric Schweitzer, President of the DIHK. Other members include:

Heike Adam, Dr. Werner Brandt, Patrick Bunk, Dr. Peter M. Haid, Prof. Dr. Lutz Hildebrandt, Christian Kloevekorn, Rolf Mähliß, Steffen Naumann, Prof. Dr. Wulf Plinke, Prof. Jörg Rocholl, Gerhard Roggemann, Prof. Dr. Friedrich-Leopold von Stechow, Tobias Weber, Christian Wiesenhütter, Pierre Zapp.

A full list of former mebers can be found here:

Former members of the Board of Trustees

 

 Honorary Members

Ruth Cornelsen

Dr. Thomas Kurze

Ernst Otto Sandvoss