Leadership and governance

The Berghof Foundation is a Germany-based not-for-profit organisation. The Executive Director heads the staff, and reports to a Board of Trustees. Find more about our leadership and governance below.

Strategic priorities 2022-25

While continuing to work in our three main fields of activity – Practice, Learning and Research – the Berghof Foundation is also responding to a shifting global context. Learn more about our current and emerging focal areas for the coming three years.

Executive Director

Andrew Gilmour is the Executive Director of the Berghof Foundation.

Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees supervises our work. Its members are:

• Johannes Zundel
  Chair of the Board of Trustees, Tübingen, Germany
• Sandra Breka
  Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
• Diana V. Chigas
  The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA
• Hilde Frafjord Johnson
  Former Norwegian Minister of International Development, Oslo, Norway
• Prof. Dr. Kjell-Åke Nordquist
  University College Stockholm (UCS), Stockholm, Sweden
• Prof. Dr. Dieter Senghaas
  Bremen, Germany
• Dr. Christian Sundermann
  State Secretary in non-active service, Berlin, Germany
• Dr. Mathias Terheggen
  Partner ImpActRelation GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland

Advisory Council

The Advisory Council is consulted by our leadership with their expertise on current trends and issues.

• Alex Rondos
  Former Special Advisor to Prime Minister of Greece; former EU Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa
• Aydan Özoğuz
  Vice-President of the German Bundestag
• Caspar von Blomberg
  Head, Public and Social Sector, Egon Zehnder
• Günther Baechler
  Former Head of Swisspeace; former Ambassador of Switzerland
• Hannah Neumann
  Member of the European Parliament
• Jeff Feltman
  Former US Assistant Secretary of State; former UN Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs
• Kyung-wha Kang
  Former Foreign Minister of Korea; former UN Under-Secretary-General
• Monica McWilliams
  Former Chief Commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission; author of Stand Up Speak Out
• Omid Nouripour
  Member of the German Bundestag, spokesman of The Greens on Foreign Affairs
• Staffan de Mistura
  Former Head of UN in Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria; former Deputy Foreign Minister of Italy
• Baroness Valerie Amos
  Former UK Secretary of State for International Development; former UN Emergency Relief Coordinator; Master of University College, Oxford
• Prince Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein
  Former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights; President and CEO of International Peace Institute, New York