Governing Boards
The ILF governing boards consist of the Executive Board, the Board of Trustees, the Academic Advisory Board and the Donors' Committee. The Executive Board, which comprises three members of the law faculty of Goethe University, is responsible for the management of the ILF. The members of the Board of Trustees are selected from among the ILF's sponsors and donors.
The Chairman of the Board of Trustees is Mr. Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG. The Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee is Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank.
Executive Board:
- Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Theodor Baums, Professor for Civil and Business Law, Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, Dresdner Bank Foundation Professorship, Executive Director of the Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Wandt, Dean of the Law Faculty, Director of the Institute for Insurance Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Board of Trustees:
- Mr. Martin Blessing, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank (Chairman of the ILF Board of Trustees)
- Mr. Hans Eichel, Member of the Federal Parliament of Germany, former Federal Minister of Finance
- Prof. Dr. Bernd Fahrholz, Ehrensenator, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (Honorary Senator of Goethe University)
- Prof. Dr. Thomas Gasteyer, Of Counsel, Clifford Chance
- Dr. Hendrik Haag, Partner, Hengeler Mueller
- Mr. Dieter Haferkamp, former Member of the Governing Board, Deutsche Bundesbank
- Dr. Roger Kiem, Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP
- Dr. Elke König, President, Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin)
- Prof. Dr. Jan-P. Krahnen, Professor, Department of Businesss & Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Mr. Hermann-Josef Lamberti, former Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Deutsche Bank AG
- Mr. Carlos Montalvo Rebuelta, Executive Director, European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA)
- Prof. Dr. Werner Müller-Esterl, President, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Prof. Dr. Cornelius Prittwitz, Dean, Faculty of Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
- Dr. Dietrich Rethorn, General Counsel, State Bank of Hesse-Thuringia
- Mr. Antonio Sainz de Vicuna, General Counsel, European Central Bank
- Dr. Thomas Schäfer, Minister of Finance, State of Hesse
- Prof. Dr. Rudolf Steinberg, former President, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main
Academic Advisory Board:
- Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank (Chairman)
- Professor Guido Ferrarini, Professor of Law, University of Genoa
- Professor Julian Franks, Professor of Finance, London Business School, Academic Director of London Business School’s Centre for Corporate Governance
- Professor Ronald Gilson, Professor of Law and Business, Columbia Law School and Stanford Law School
- Professor Karel van Hulle, Head of Unit Insurance and Pensions Financial Institutions, Internal Market Directorate-General, European Commission
Donors' Committee:
- Dr. Klaus-Albert Bauer, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (Chairman)
- Ms. Verena Behnke, Counsel, Mannheimer Swartling
- Mr. Okko Hendrik Behrends, Partner, Allen & Overy LLP
- Dr. Günther Bräunig, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, KfW Bankengruppe
- Prof. Dr. Wulf Döser, Senior Counsel, Baker & McKenzie
- Dr. Torsten Fett, Partner, Noerr
- Mr. Ulrich Freitag, General Counsel, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG
- Dr. Robin L. Fritz, Partner, FPS Rechtsanwälte & Notare
- Dr. Alexander Georgieff, Partner, Georgieff Capital
- Mr. Stephan Gittermann, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP
- Ana-Christina Grohnert, Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungs- gesellschaft
- Prof. Dr. Wilhelm Haarmann, Partner, Haarmann Partnerschafts- gesellschaft
- Dr. Klaus Heuvels, Partner, CMS Hasche Sigle
- Mr. Thomas Heymann, Partner, Heymann & Partner
- Mr. Thorsten Höche, General Counsel, Bundesverband Deutscher Banken (The Association of German Banks)
- Mr. Rolf Hünermann, Partner, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
- Mr. Matthias Kasch, Partner, White & Case
- Dr. Helge Kortz, Partner, Gleiss Lutz
- Dr. Tobias Krug, Partner, Ashurst
- Dr. Olaf Langner, General Counsel, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband
- Mrs. Marcia L. MacHarg, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
- Mr. Heinrich Meyer, Partner, Beiten Burkhardt Rechtsanwalts- gesellschaft mbH
- Dr. Roger Müller, General Counsel, Head of Legal Affairs and Market Policy, Deutsche Börse Group
- Mr. Marc Preisert, Partner, Jones Day
- Mr. Florian Roeckl, General Counsel, J.P. Morgan AG
- Mr. Mauricio Teixeira dos Santos, Partner, Souza, Cescon, Barrieu & Flesch Advogados
- Mr. Christoph Schauenburg, Partner, Luther Rechtsanwalts-gesellschaft mbH
- Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP
- Mr. Thomas Schrell, Partner, SJ Berwin
- Dr. Jürgen van Kann, Partner, Fried Frank
- Ms. Patricia Volhard, Partner, P+P Polläth + Partners
- Dr. Philipp von Randow, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
- Prof. Dr. Wolfram Wrabetz, CEO Helvetia Versicherungen and Vice- President, Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce and Industry