Governing bodies
(as of 12 January 2026)
Management Board and Supervisory Board
The members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board are listed here in this annual report.
General Meeting
Appointed by the State of Baden-Württemberg:
Bernhard Bolkart
Juliane Vees
Appointed by the Free State of Bavaria:
Maria Hoßmann
Stefan Köhler
Appointed by the State of Berlin:
Dinah Hoffmann
Appointed by the State of Brandenburg:
Julia Bar-Tal
Henrik Wendorff
Appointed by the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen:
Ralf Hagens
Appointed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg:
Heinz Behrmann
Appointed by the State of Hesse:
Stefan Emert
Stefan Schneider
Appointed by the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania:
Dr. Kathrin Marianne Naumann
Harald Nitschke
Appointed by the State of Lower Saxony:
Elisabeth Brunkhorst
Ottmar Ilchmann
Appointed by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia:
Bernhard Conzen
Karl Werring
Appointed by the State of Rhineland-Palatinate:
Eberhard Hartelt
Michael Prinz zu Salm-Salm
Appointed by the State of Saarland:
Peter Hoffmann
Appointed by the Free State of Saxony:
Robert Otto
Dr. Anna Catharina Voges
Appointed by the State of Saxony-Anhalt:
Jochen Dettmer
Olaf Feuerborn
Appointed by the State of Schleswig-Holstein:
Malte Jacobsen
Kirsten Wosnitza
Appointed by the Free State of Thuringia:
Joachim Lissner
Dr. Wolfgang Peter
Trustee:
Alois Bauer
Ministerial Director Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity
Deputy trustee:
Martinus Wejwer
Senior Ministerial Official Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity