Organization

The foundation is represented by the board and a full-time managing director. She is responsible for the operational management of the foundation and for developing strategic plans, which are then discussed together with the board.

Board of trustees	Board of directors	Management
advises and monitors the board of directors	the body authorized to represent the foundation consists of the President (qua officio) of the University and four other internal/external members / The investment advisory board, an additional body, is responsible for investments.	conducts the foundation’s affairs, is responsible for the use of funds and fundraising together with the board of directors / Team: Sabrina Scherbarth (managing director) and Dr. Sarah Tapp (fundraising coordinator)

Board of the University of Mannheim Foundation

The bodies of the University of Mannheim Foundation are subject to the following rules laid down in the bylaws (available in German only): The board of directors consists of at least three and no more than five members. The term of office is four years. The board is made up of the President and four other persons. Two of them are representatives of ABSOLVENTUM and the Freunde der Universität Mannheim e.V. (FUM). The board can propose up to two more persons as additional board members who need to be approved by the board of trustees. The board of directors elects a vice chairman from among its members. It manages the foundation in accordance with the bylaws and carries out the mission of the foundation. The board appoints a managing director who manages the operational affairs and supports it in carrying out the foundation’s mission.

Currently, the board of the University of Mannheim Foundation consists of the following members:

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fetzer trägt ein dunkelsblaues Sakko und ein hellblaues Hemd. Er hat kurzes graues Haar und lächelt.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Fetzer, LL.M.

President

Credit: Anna Logue

Dr. Josef Zimmermann

Vice chair of the University of Mannheim Foundation

Credit: Stefanie Eichler

Roland Hartung

Director client services at Feri AG and treasurer of the University of Mannheim Foundation

Credit: FERI AG

Dr. Susanne Fuchs

Vice chair of the advisory board of Fuchs SE and member of the board of directors of the University of Mannheim Foundation

Credit: Fuchs Petrolub SE

René Aldach

CFO of Heidelberg Materials and member of the board of directors of the University of Mannheim Foundation

Credit: Heidelberg Materials

Board of trustees

The board of trustees advises the board of directors on key issues and supports it in carrying out the foundation's mission. It completes the annual report and reduces the workload of the board of directors. The board of trustees has at least six and no more than twelve members. The term of office is four years.

The board of trustees is made up as follows:

Non-university members

Prof. Dr. Dorothee Karl (Vorsitzende), Verantwortung und Nachhaltigkeit, Universität Mannheim
Simon Engelhorn, Geschäftsführer Leopold ICON GmbH und Insage GmbH
Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, Vorstandsvorsitzender MLP SE
Paul Hofmann, Geschäftsführer der Karl Berrang GmbH
Dr. Stephan Meeder, Vorstandsmitglied Südzuker Group
Karin Dohm, CFO Hornbach Holding AG & Co. AGaA
Dr. Ralf Krieger, Vorstandmitglied Freudenberg SE
Dr. Georg Müller, Vorsitzender des Vorstands der MVV Energie AG
Alf N. Schlegel, Mitglied des Vorstands der Mannheimer Versicherung AG
Manfred Schnabel, Präsident IHK Rhein-Neckar

University members

Prof. Ph. D. Julian Dierkes, Dekan der Fakultät für Sozialwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Friedmann Kainer, Dekan der Fakultät für Rechtswissenschaften
Prof. Ph.D Klaus Adam, Dekan der Fakultät für Volkswirtschaftslehre
Prof. Dr. Claus Hertling, Dekan der Fakultät für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Wirtschaftsmathematik
Joachim Lutz, Dekan der Fakultät für Betriebswirtschaftslehre
Prof. Dr. Thomas Wortmann, Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät
Dr. Katrin Schoppa-Bauer, Kanzlerin der Universität Mannheim

Investment advisory board

Instead of an external trustee, the foundation has its own body, the investment advisory board, to manage the foundation’s investments. The investment advisory board consists of at least three and no more than six members. The term of office is three years. The managing director is ex officio a member of the investment advisory board. It advises the board of directors on the management and investment of the foundation’s assets. Currently, the members of the investment advisory board are:

Tobias Dratt
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, BASF Corporation

Prof. Dr. Peter Grüner
Chair of Economics and Economic Policy at the University of Mannheim

Roland Hartung
Member of the board of the foundation and Director client services at Feri AG

Prof. Dr. Stefan Ruenzi
Chair of International Finance at the University of Mannheim

Sabrina Scherbarth
Managing director of the University of Mannheim Foundation