The board of directors, consisting of leading figures from large German companies, establishes the general guidelines for the activities of the Kulturkreis.

Dr. Paul-Bernhard Kallen
Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG
(Chairman)
Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG
(Chairman)

Ingeborg Neumann
Peppermint Holding GmbH
(Vice Chairwoman)
Peppermint Holding GmbH
(Vice Chairwoman)

Thorsten Schönenberger
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Tanja Gönner
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie

Nina Hugendubel
H. Hugendubel GmbH & Co. KG
H. Hugendubel GmbH & Co. KG

Bernd Leukert
Deutsche Bank AG
Deutsche Bank AG

Dr. Melanie Maas-Brunner
BASF SE
BASF SE

Elena von Metzler
Bankhaus Metzler
Bankhaus Metzler

Cedrik Neike
Siemens AG
Siemens AG

Dr. Arend Oetker
Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Dr. Arend Oetker Holding GmbH & Co. KG

Dr. Nils Reich
AXA Konzern AG
AXA Konzern AG

Petra Scharner-Wolff
Otto Group
Otto Group

Helmut Schleweis
Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e. V.
Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband e. V.

Matthias Böning
Böning Real Estate Solutions
(Chairman Architecture)
Böning Real Estate Solutions
(Chairman Architecture)

Thomas Helfrich
Bayer AG
(Chairman Arts Sponsorship)
Bayer AG
(Chairman Arts Sponsorship)

Dr. August Markl
ADAC e. V.
(Chairman Corporate Collecting)
ADAC e. V.
(Chairman Corporate Collecting)

Dr. Marcella Prior-Callwey
Callwey-Verlag (Chairwoman Text und Sprache)
Callwey-Verlag (Chairwoman Text und Sprache)

Ulrich Sauerwein
luxoom medienprojekte GmbH
(Chairman Visual Arts)
luxoom medienprojekte GmbH
(Chairman Visual Arts)

Prof. Dr. Tobias Wollermann
Otto Group
(Chairman Music)
Otto Group
(Chairman Music)