Executive board of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

The executive board is responsible for managing the business activities of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and represents the organization both internally and externally. It elaborates the basic premises of the organization’s science and research policy and draws up business-development and financial plans. The executive board also negotiates to obtain institutional funding for the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and defines how it is to be distributed among the institutes. A further duty of the executive board is to appoint the directors of the institutes.

The presidential council participates in executive board decision-making processes on questions relating to the organization’s business strategy, and assists with the implementation of executive board resolutions. The presidential council consists of the members of the executive board and the chairs of the Fraunhofer Groups:

Prof. Karsten Buse

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Light & Surfaces
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM

Prof. Jakob Edler

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research
Executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI

Prof. Welf-Guntram Drossel

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Production
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology IWU

Prof. Gerd Geißlinger

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Health
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology ITMP

Prof. Peter Gumbsch

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Materials and Components – Materials
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM

Prof. Hans-Martin Henning

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Energy Technologies and Climate Protection
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE

Prof. Albert Heuberger

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS

Prof. Boris Otto

Chairman of the Fraunhofer ICT Group
Executive director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Software and Systems Engineering ISST

Dr. Markus Wolperdinger

Chairman of the Fraunhofer Group for Resource Technologies and Bioeconomy
Director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB

Guests: Prof. Andreas Tünnermann (chairman of the Scientific and Technical Council) and Prof. Jürgen Beyerer (chairman of the Fraunhofer Segment for Defense and Security VVS).