Executive Board and Board of Trustees
The Executive Board and Board of Trustees, along with the General Meeting, are the most important bodies for steering the activities of the institute. The Board of Trustees sets policy guidelines for the work of the institute, draws up the budget, elects the managing directors and appoints the auditors.
Executive Board
From the ranks of the Board of Trustees the members elect a Chairman (President) and at least one deputy. Together they form the Executive Board.
- President
Prof. Götz W. Werner, Managing Partner,
dm-drogerie markt GmbH & Co. KG, Karlsruhe - Deputy:
Klaus Appelhoff, Essen - Steering Group:
Kurt Jox, Chairman of the Board of Management, ,
Porta Möbel Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Porta Westfalica,
Frank Wolf, Advisory Board Chairman, RZ -Zimmermann Holding, Bochum
Members of the Board of Trustees
- Klaus Appelhoff, founder and Managing Director of Appelhoff Retail Experts GmbH, Essen
- Friedhelm Dornseifer, Managing Director, Friedhelm Dornseifer GmbH & Co. KG Unternehmensgruppe, Wenden
- Prof. Stefan Feuerstein, Chief Executive Officer, Markant AG, Pfäffikon (CH)
- Nigel Garbutt, President, FOODPLUS GmbH , Cologne
- Prof. Dr. Karl Heinz Henksmeier, honorary member, Cologne
- Harm Humburg, Senior Management, Ferrero OHG mbH, Frankfurt/M.
- Kurt Jox, Chairman of the Board of Management, Porta Möbel Handelsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Porta Westfalica
- Dr. Ulf Kalmbach, Manager Central Organisation, Rewe Zentral AG, Cologne
- Hans-Heinrich Katt, Teradata a division of NCR, Oberndorf
- Peter Loheide, Director Real Estate Division - Building and Technology, Tengelmann Warenhandelsgesellschaft KG, Mülheim/Ruhr
- Richard Lohmiller sen., Supervisory Board, Kaufland Stiftung & Co. KG, Neckarsulm
- Roman Melcher, Managing Director, dm-drogerie markt GmbH + Co. KG, Karlsruhe
- Dr. Reinhard Schütte, Managing Director, Dohle Handelsgruppe Service GmbH & Co. KG , Siegburg
- Rudolf Schwarz, Chief Information Officer, Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund, Zurich (CH)
- Henry Taubald, Managing Director, KarstadtQuelle Konzern-Einkauf GmbH, Essen
- Dr. Rainhardt von Leoprechting, Head of Public Affairs, Metro AG, Düsseldorf
- Frank Wolf, Advisory Board Chairman, RZ - Zimmermann Holding, Bochum


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