Committee

The regular FGF general meeting on September 25, 2024 elected a new executive board for the 2025-2026 (entry in the association register is still pending). The Committee works on a voluntary basis and meets twice a year.

Presidium

Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum (President and Executive Board Member)
University of Bayreuth, Chair for Entrepreneurship & Digital Business Models

Prof. Dr. Christoph Stöckmann (1. Vicepresident und Bursar)
Free University of Bozen (IT), Professor for Management

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis (2. Vizepräsident)
Karlsruher Institute for Technology (KIT), Chair for Entrepreneurship & Technologymanagement

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth S.C. Berger
Johannes Kepler University Linz (A), Institute for Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Birgit Felden
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (HWR) Berlin, Institute for Entrepreneurship, Mittelstand und Family Business (EMF-Institute)

Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Professor für Innovationmanagement and Sustainability und Director of the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack
University of Bern (CH), Director of the Institute for Organization and Personal

Prof. Dr. Jantje Halberstadt
University of Vechta,  Professorin for Economics of Sustainability

Prof. Dr. Rainer Harms
University of Twente (NL), Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation Management (ESIM/NIKOS)

Prof. Dr. Nils Högsdal
Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, Corporate Finance & Entrepreneurship and Prorector Innovation

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
University of Hohenheim, Head of the Department of Business Start-ups and Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Diemo Urbig
Brandenburgische Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), Department of business administration, especially empirical business research and transformation

Executive Board

according to the articles, the Association is represented judicially and extra-judicially by the President and Executive Board Member, the Treasurer and the Managing Director. Any two of the Executive Board members listed below are jointly authorized to represent the Association.

From 2025 the following persons are members of the excecutive board:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum
University of Bayreuth, Chair for Entrepreneurship & Digital Business Models (President and Executive Board Member)

Prof. Dr. Christoph Stöckmann (1. Vicepresident und Bursar)
Free University of Bozen (IT), Professor for Management

Dipl.-Ök. Ulrich Knaup (Managing Director)