Executive Board

Honorary Chairmen

S.E. Martti Ahtisaari, former President of Finland, Co-Chairman East West Institute, Helsinki/New York, Finland

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Gramke, Chairman of the Institute for European Affairs e.V., Düsseldorf, Germany

Members of the Board

Chairman of the Board

Kurt Bodewig former Member of the Bundestag, former Federal Minister, Maritime Ambassador of the European Commission, Berlin, Germany

Executive Director of the Board and Treasurer

Jürgen Schmidt, former member of the legislative assembly of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Vice Chairman

Prof. Dr. Bruno O. Braun, Chairman of the Board, TÜV Rheinland/Berlin-Brandenburg AG, Cologne, Germany

Vice Chairman

Dr. Eero Rantala, former Minister of State, Finland, CEO Entendu Oy, Helsinki, Finland, Representative Baltic Sea Forum, Finland

Directors

Uwe Döring, former state minister, state chairman Europa-Union Schleswig-Holstein

Dr. Anita Gradin, former Ambassador, former EU-Commisioner, former Minister, Stockholm, Schweden

Brigitte Langenhagen, former Member of the European Parliament (MEP ret.), Brussels, Belgium

Prof. Dr. Zenonas Namavicius, Constitutional Judge of the Republic of Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania

Matti Paasila, Zurich, Switzerland

Andres Pajuste, Member of the Management Board NordBioChem, Pölva, Estonia

Arno Pöker, Chief representative for Deutsche Seereederei GmbH,
honorary consul of the Kingdom of Denmark,
former mayor of the Hanseatic City of Rostock

Dr. Stephan Stein, Director of the Representative Office of the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg in Kaliningrad, Russia