Unser Kuratorium | Our Board of Trustees Unser Kuratorium Our Board of Trustees The Board of Trustees advises and supports the institute management and the bodies of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft . The 36th meeting of the Board of Trustees will take place on March 13, 2026 . The members of the Board of Trustees are: Dr . Reinhold Achatz Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Coach Technology, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Digital Transformation, Sustainability and Resilience, Munich Head of Materials, Processes and Tests (ESCM), Airbus Operations GmbH, Bremen Director, Newson NV, Dendermonde, Belgium Chief Sales Officer TRUMPF Laser Technology, TRUMPF Lasertechnik SE, Ditzingen Head of Operations & BU Services, Chief Operating Officer (COO), Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH, Oberkochen Head of the State Chancellery and State Secretary for Federal and European Affairs, State Chancellery of Saxony, Dresden Senior Vice President Research and Innovation, Central Technology, Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach Chief Executive Officer, thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Duisburg Formerly Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Project Management Agency Karlsruhe, Head of Branch Office Dresden Director Performance Materials, Operations – Head of EHS & Compliance, Merck KGaA, Darmstadt Head of Department „Technologies and equipment”, Project Management Agency Karlsruhe (PTKA) General Representative MIKROMAT GmbH, Dresden CTO Bystronic Laser AG, Niederönz, Switzerland Head of Division, Bund-Länder-Research Institutions, Saxon State Ministry for Science, Culture and Tourism, Dresden Group Innovation Materials, Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg Head of Innovation Management, BMW Motorrad, BMW Group, Munich Director Materials (TEW), MTU Aero Engines AG, Munich Senior Manager Life Science (CR/ATC4), Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart CEO Laserline GmbH, Mülheim-Kärlich Dr . Claudio Dalle Donne Katrien Delaey Dr . Thomas Fehn Dr . Bettina Friedl Dr . Andreas Handschuh Prof . Dr . Tim Hosenfeldt Dr . Marie Jaroni Dr . Uwe Krause Dr . Monika Kursawe Alexander Mager Peter G . Nothnagel Dr . Christoph Rüttimann Dr . Ann-Kathrin Schatz Dr . Oliver Schauerte Raimund Schell Dr . Inga Stoll Dr . Anke Timm Dr . Christoph Ullmann 8