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
Key documents
- Our Articles of Association (EN) / Unser Gesellschaftsvertrag (DE)
- Berghof Foundation, Strategic Priorities 2021-23
- Latest annual report, including financials and latest auditors' statement
- Privacy policy (for website)
- Impressum (for website)