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ILF Governing Boards

The ILF governing boards consist of the Executive Board, the Board of Trustees, the Donors' Committee and the Academic Advisory Board. The Executive Board, which includes two members of the law faculty of Goethe University, is responsible for the management of the ILF. The members of the Board of Trustees and the Donors' Committee are selected from among the ILF's sponsors and donors. The Chairman of the Academic Advisory Committee is Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet, former President of the European Central Bank.

Executive Board

Prof. Dr. Andreas Cahn, Executive Director of the Institute for Law and Finance, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Hendrik Haag

Prof. Dr. Manfred Wandt, Director of the Institute for Insurance Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Johannes Beermann, former Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank

Mr. Michael Boddenberg, Minister of Finance, State of Hesse

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

Ms. Petra Hielkema, Chairperson, EIOPA

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kadelbach, Dean, Faculty of Law, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Dr. Jan-P. Krahnen, Professor, Department of Businesss & Economics, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Mr. Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña, former General Counsel, European Central Bank

Prof. Dr. Enrico Schleiff, President, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Steinberg, former President, Goethe University Frankfurt am Main

Dr. Nikolaus Vieten, Partner, Hengeler Mueller

Mr. Karlheinz Weimar, former Minister of Finance, State of Hesse

Prof. Dr. Chiara Zilioli, General Counsel, European Central Bank

Donors' Committee:

Dr. Nikolaus Vieten, Partner, Hengeler Mueller, Chairman of the ILF Donors' Committee

Dr. Ulrike Binder, Partner, Mayer Brown

Dr. Peter Bujotzek, Partner, Poellath

Dr. Matthias Grund, Partner, K&L Gates LLP

Mr. Rudolf Haas, Partner, King Wood & Mallesons LLP

Dr. Mathias Hanten, Head of Banking & Finance, Deloitte Legal Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH

Dr. Karsten Hardraht, General Counsel, KfW @KfW Bankengruppe / Alexander Habermehl

Dr. Stefan Henkelmann, Partner, Allen & Overy

Mr. Thorsten Höche, General Counsel, Bundesverband Deutscher Banken (The Association of German Banks)

Mr. Jochen Hörbelt, General Counsel, BHF-BANK Aktiengesellschaft

Dr. Michael Huertas, Partner, PwC

Dr. Arne Klüwer, Partner, Dentons

Dr. Markus E. Krüger, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP

Dr. Tobias Krug, Partner, Ashurst

Dr. Olaf Langner, General Counsel, Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband

Dr. Manuel Lorenz, Partner, Baker & McKenzie

Prof. Dr. Stefan Reinhart, Partner, FPS Rechtsanwälte

Dr. Hendrik Schäfer, Deutsche Börse AG, Head of Corporate & Commercial Legal

Mr. Manfred Schick, General Counsel, ING-DiBa AG

Prof. Dr. Michael Schlitt, Partner, Hogan Lovells International LLP

Dr. Dirk Schmalenbach, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Dr. Thomas Schürrle, Partner, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Mr. Timo Spitzer, Head of Legal CIB Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Banco Santander

Mr. Andreas Steck, Partner, Linklaters

Mr. Volker Steck, CEO, Helvetia Versicherungen Deutschland

Ms. Andrea van Almsick, Head of Legal Germany, Fidelity International - FIL Investment Services GmbH

Dr. Jürgen van Kann, Partner, Fried Frank

Dr. Laurenz Wieneke, Partner, Noerr LLP

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

ILF Board of Trustees with the ILF Executive Board on 10 November 2023
ILF Donors' Committee with the ILF Executive Board on 10 November 2023