Introducing the supervisory board

From left to right: Berit Dannenberg, Birgitta Wolff, Franziska Brantner, Remy Lazarovici, Susanne Klatten, Holger Mann, Gesine Osieka, Peter Leibinger, Dietmar Harhoff, Mario Brandenburg, Rafael Laguna de la Vera From left to right: Berit Dannenberg, Birgitta Wolff, Franziska Brantner, Remy Lazarovici, Susanne Klatten, Holger Mann, Gesine Osieka, Peter Leibinger, Dietmar Harhoff, Mario Brandenburg, Rafael Laguna de la Vera
The Supervisory Board of the German Agency for Disruptive Innovation appointed Dr.-Ing. E. h. Peter Leibinger (TRUMPF, Ditzingen) as Chair of the Supervisory Board and Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff (Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main) as his deputy. The Supervisory Board consists of up to ten personalities. They represent the German federal government as a 100% shareholder and bring expertise from science and business to this deliberative body.
Peter Leibinger is Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Vice Chairman of the Group Management Board at TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG: “The goal is to strengthen collaboration between basic research, applied science and innovative companies in Germany. We can make the best of our country’s potential if our research also leads to marketable products, new jobs and a competitive edge international in the industries of tomorrow. The German Agency for Disruptive Innovation can make an effective contribution to this.”
Peter Leibinger Peter Leibinger. Foto: Trumpf
Birgitta Wolff. Foto: Uwe Dettmar Birgitta Wolff. Foto: Uwe Dettmar
After her selection as Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff remarked: “We devote more than three percent of our gross national product to research and development, making us the leader in Europe. With SPRIND, we want to build a dependable bridge from science to business – to create a meeting place for our country’s outstanding minds, people who not only think in terms of the future but who also want to help shape the future, as scientists and entrepreneurs.”

The members of the Supervisory Board of SPRIND GmbH are:

  • Mario Brandenburg, German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
  • Dr. Franziska Brantner, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection
  • Prof. Dietmar Harhoff, Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
  • Ronja Kemmer, Deutscher Bundestag
  • Dr. Gesine Osieka, German Federal Ministry of Finance
  • Dr. h. c. Susanne Klatten, SKion GmbH
  • Remy A. Lazarovici, Celonis SE
  • Dr.-Ing. E. h. Peter Leibinger, TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG (Chair of the Supervisory Board)
  • Holger Mann, Deutscher Bundestag
  • Prof. Dr. Birgitta Wolff, University of Wuppertal (Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board)