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)

Werner Baumann
Bayer AG
(Treasurer)
Bayer AG
(Treasurer)

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

Dr. Joachim Lang
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V.
Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie e. V.

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

Petra Scharner-Wolff
Otto Group
Otto Group

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

Thorsten Schönenberger
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Dr. Alexander Vollert
AXA Konzern AG
AXA Konzern AG

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

Dorothea Gregor
Bertelsmann Stiftung
(Chairwoman Arts Sponsorship)
Bertelsmann Stiftung
(Chairwoman Arts Sponsorship)

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

Wilfried Porth
Daimler AG
(Chairman Cultural Education)
Daimler AG
(Chairman Cultural Education)

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)