Leadership and governance

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

Strategic priorities 2021-23

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 Directors

Andrew Gilmour and Andrea Joras are the Executive Directors of the Berghof Foundation.

Board of trustees

The board of trustees supervises our work. Its members are:

• Johannes Zundel, Chair
  CEO Berghof Foundation Trust, Tübingen, Germany
• Dr. rer. pol. Günther Bächler
  Former Ambassador and Special Envoy, Berne, Switzerland
• Sandra Breka
  Member of the Board of Management, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Berlin, Germany
• Dr. h.c. Edelgard Bulmahn
  Former Vice-President of the German Bundestag, former Federal Minister, 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
• Dr. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu
  Centre for Policy Alternatives, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Prof. Dr. em. Dr. h.c. mult. Dieter Senghaas
  Bremen, Germany
• Dr. Christian Sundermann
  State Secretary in non-active service, Berlin, Germany
• Dr. Mathias Terheggen
  Partner ImpActRelation GmbH, Zurich, Switzerland