The Supervisory Board

The groundbreaking decisions regarding the content and organisation of the DBFZ development are taken by the Supervisory Board, which is chaired by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other members are the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport and the Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture. The Supervisory Board meets twice a year at the DBFZ.

The Supervisory Board is made up of the following members (as of 1 May 2024)
MemberFunctionOrganisation
Olaf Schäfer (Chairman)Ministerial Director
Head of Sub-Department "Climate Protection, Biodiversity, Sustainability and Bioeconomy"
Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture

Katharina Schwarz

MinDirig’in
Head of working group NII5, Natural and environmental affairs in genetic engineering and the bioeconomy
Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
Daniel GellnerHead of Department 3 "Agriculture"Saxon State Ministry for Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture
Dr. Christine Falken-GroßerMinDirig'in
Head of Unit IIA7 - Hydrogen principle, National Hydrogen Strategy
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Dr. Kerstin ZimmermannSenior Government Councillor, Department 7 (Provision for the Future), Department 722 "Energy, Hydrogen Technologies"

Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Birgit Breitfuß-RennerMinDirig'in
Head of Subdepartment G1 "Policy issues and strategies for passenger and freight transport"
Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport

 

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