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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.

Our current focal areas:
  • Mediation and negotiation support
  • Dialogue approaches and facilitation
  • Inclusion and participation
  • Peace education
Our emerging thematic areas:
  • Climate change and conflict transformation
  • Engaging with protest movements to strengthen nonviolent strategies
  • Inclusive governance and accountability to mitigate corruption and other economic drivers of conflict
  • Digital revolution and its impact on our work
  • Dealing with the past in conflict transformation
  • The role of women and gender in conflict transformation and mediation

Learn more about our current focal and emerging thematic areas for the coming three years.

Board of Trustees

Advisory Council

  • Günther Baechler
    Former Head of Swisspeace; former Ambassador of Switzerland
  • Caspar von Blomberg
    Head, Public and Social Sector, Egon Zehnder
  • Jürgen Hardt
    Member of the German Bundestag
  • Lamya Kaddor
    Member of the German Bundestag
  • Hannah Neumann
    Member of the European Parliament
  • Aydan Özoğuz
    Member of the German Bundestag

Executive Team

Key documents