Organisation
The WCGE consists of three organisational units, which work together closely:
- The charitable association was founded in 1998. It is represented by the board and the Presidium fulfills the role of a supervisory board. This organization conducts the operative activities and employs people to this end.
- The charitable foundation was founded in 2008 with a base financing of approx. 2.5 million Euro. The foundation consists of the management board, the advisory board, which fulfills a supervisory function, and the honorary board of trustees and has the function of guaranteeing the long-term continuity of the Center’s work and financing individual projects.
- The American Foundation for the Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics Inc., represented by the Board of Directors, has represented the Center’s interests in the USA since 2001 and coordinates opportunities for support from across the Atlantic.
The charitable organisation, the German foundation and the American foundation are all supported by well-known personalities, corporations and organisations..
Dr. Rolf-Dieter Acker
Former Head of Region South America
BASF SE
Foundation’s Advisory Council
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Böhmer
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt ret.
Foundation’s Advisory Council
Dr. Martin von Broock
Chairman of the Management Board
Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics
Foundation’s Management Board
Prof. Dr. Volker Deville
F/L Think Tank eG
University of Bayreuth
Association’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Clemens Dölken O.Praem
Lecturer for Christian Social sciences
Phil.-Theol. Hochschule St. Augustin
Foundation’s Advisory Council
Saori Dubourg
Former Member of the Board of Executive Directors
BASF SE
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Martin Fischedick
Head of Group Human Resources
Commerzbank AG
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
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Prof. Reinhold R. Geilsdörfer
Geschäftsführer
Dieter-Schwarz-Stiftung
Association’s Board of Trustees
Dr. Reiner Haseloff
Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
Association’s Board of Trustees
Hans-Joachim Herrmann
Former Managing Director
Stadtwerke Lutherstadt Wittenberg GmbH
Association’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Dr. Karl Homann
Professor em. for Business ethics
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Waldemar Hötte
Managing Director
Wittenberg Center for Global Ethics
Association’s Management Board
Angelika Huber-Strasser
Regionalvorständin Süd
KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Association’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Huber
Bishop ret.
Chairperson of the Council of the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) ret.
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Dr. Michael Ilgner
Global Head of Human Ressources
Deutsche Bank AG
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Renata Jungo Brüngger
Member of the Board of Management Integrity and Legal Affairs
Daimler AG
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Horst Köhler
Federal President of the Federal Republic of Germany ret.
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Dietmar Kokott
Former Senior Vice President
BASF SE
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Barbara Lamprecht
Former Coordinator Business and Human Rights
Volkswagen AG
Association’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Reinhard Cardinal Marx
Archbishop of Munich and Freising
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Sören Marx
Filialdirektor
Deutsche Bank AG
Foundation’s Management Board
Astrid Messmer
Group Infrastructure Strategy & Business Analytics
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
Vice President of Association’s Board of Trustees
Oliver Morgenthal
Head of Corporate Communication
K+S Aktiengesellschaft
Foundation’s Advisory Council
Dr. Stephan Muschick
Managing Director
E.ON Stiftung gGmbH
Vice Chairman of Foundation’s Advisory Council
Eckhard Naumann
Former Lord Mayor
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
President of the Association’s Board of Trustees
Chairman of Foundation’s Advisory Council
Prof. Dr. Bolko von Oetinger
Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees
BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Dr. Andreas Ogrinz
Geschäftsführer Bildung, Innovation, Nachhaltigkeit
Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie e.V.
Association’s Board of Trustees
Thorsten Pinkepank
Director Corporate Sustainability Relations
BASF SE
Vice President of Association’s Board of Trustees
Dr. Richard Pott
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Covestro AG
Chairman of the Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Bodo Rodestock
Executive Board Member
Verbundnetz Gas AG
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Paul C. Rosser
Rosser International Inc.
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
President of the American Foundation's Board
Sally Rosser
American Foundation's Board
Association’s Board of Trustees
Sylvia Schenk
Herbert Smith Freehills Germany LLP
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Philipp Schreck
Friede-Springer Endowed Chair of Business Ethics and Management Accounting
Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Association’s Management Board
PD Dr. Lisa Schmalzried
Academic Head WCGE-Doctoral Program
Foundation’s Management Board
Prof. Dr. Burkhard Schwenker
Senior Fellow
Roland Berger GmbH
Association’s Board of Trustees
Prof. Dr. Andreas Suchanek
Dr. Werner Jackstädt Chair of Economic and Business Ethics
HHL - Leipzig Graduate School of Management
Chairman of the Foundation´s Management Board
Wolfgang Tiefensee
State Minister of Economy, Science and the Digital Society of Thuringia
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Michael Vassiliadis
Chairman
IG Bergbau Chemie Energie
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Thomas Wessel
Chief Human Resources Officer
Evonik Industries AG
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
Hon. Andrew Young
US Ambassador ret.
Foundation’s Board of Trustees
President of the Association’s Board of Trustees
American Foundation's Board
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Torsten Zugehör
Lord Mayor
Lutherstadt Wittenberg
Foundation’s Advisory Council
