Board of trustees

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG and professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He was President of the German Central Bank, member of the ECB’s Governing Council and Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. In the Federal Chancellery, he had previously headed the economic policy department and was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal representative for the economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries. He has felt a bond with the orchestra since his visit to Bremen a few years ago, when he was impressed by the innovative power of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie.

Chairman of Heraeus Holding GmbH. One of the most respected entrepreneurs in Germany. Heraeus also serves as Chairman of the German Committee for UNICEF. He became acquainted with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in 2008, when the orchestra was presented with the German Founders Award.

Economist and President of the Munich Business School. Previously, he was, among other things, a consultant at McKinsey, a long-standing board member of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and worked for many years in international management, for example as Managing Director of the Allianz Group in South Africa and Namibia. With his extensive supervisory and advisory board experience and his passion for classical music, he is now actively engaged on behalf of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

President of Deutsche Grammophon. He previously held various management positions at Axel Springer SE, most notably as head of the office of CEO Dr Mathias Döpfner, and as managing director and CFO of the real estate portal Immonet. He earned a PhD in law and in parallel successfully trained as a musician, for example at the Juilliard School New York. As a clarinetist, he has been awarded prizes by the German Music Competition and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and been invited to perform recitals at the Berlin Philharmonie and the Lincoln Center in New York, among others.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG and professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He was President of the German Central Bank, member of the ECB’s Governing Council and Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. In the Federal Chancellery, he had previously headed the economic policy department and was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal representative for the economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries. He has felt a bond with the orchestra since his visit to Bremen a few years ago, when he was impressed by the innovative power of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie.

Chairman of Heraeus Holding GmbH. One of the most respected entrepreneurs in Germany. Heraeus also serves as Chairman of the German Committee for UNICEF. He became acquainted with The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen in 2008, when the orchestra was presented with the German Founders Award.

Economist and President of the Munich Business School. Previously, he was, among other things, a consultant at McKinsey, a long-standing board member of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft and worked for many years in international management, for example as Managing Director of the Allianz Group in South Africa and Namibia. With his extensive supervisory and advisory board experience and his passion for classical music, he is now actively engaged on behalf of The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen.

President of Deutsche Grammophon. He previously held various management positions at Axel Springer SE, most notably as head of the office of CEO Dr Mathias Döpfner, and as managing director and CFO of the real estate portal Immonet. He earned a PhD in law and in parallel successfully trained as a musician, for example at the Juilliard School New York. As a clarinetist, he has been awarded prizes by the German Music Competition and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and been invited to perform recitals at the Berlin Philharmonie and the Lincoln Center in New York, among others.