Board of Trustees & Executive Board

The Board of Trustees of the Peter Dussmann-Stiftung

The six-person Board of Trustees, the uppermost decision-making body, manages the company in cooperation with the Executive Board, thereby ensuring that the Dussmann Group remains well positioned for the future. Learn more here about the members of the Board of Trustees and their backgrounds.

Catherine von Fürstenberg-Dussmann

Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees

Born 1951

1969 -1973
B.A. Regis University Denver, Colorado

1973 -1974
The Drama Studio Royal Academy London

1980
Marriage with the Entrepreneur Peter Dussmann

since 2008
Member of the Supervisory Board, Dussmann Verwaltungs AG, Berlin

since 04/2009
Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Dussmann Verwaltungs AG, Berlin

since 01/2011
Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, Peter Dussmann-Stiftung, Berlin

Doris Greif

Member of the Board of Trustees

Born 1965

Education
Graduation Hotel School Kermess
Graduation Hotel Administration and Management at Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Munich
CDI – Hilton Career Development Institute
Cornell University: Asset Management und High Performance Financial Course
Cornell University: Owners Relationship and Asset Management
The Enabling Leaders Program by Myles Downey

1982 to 1999
Hilton International, Germany and UAE

01/1999 to 04/2008
Jumeirah GROUP, UAE
General Manager at several hotels

08/2008 to 01/2010
DIFC Investments LLC, UAE
COO – City Operations

02/2010 to 09/2014
Jumeirah GROUP, UAE
General Manager Jumeirah at Etihad Towers, Abu Dhabi

10/2014 to 09/2016
Jumeirah GROUP, UAE
Regional Vice President Europe, General Manager Jumeirah Frankfurt

09/2016 to 02/2018
JUMEIRAH GROUP, UAE
Senior Vice President Operations – MEASA

02/2018 to 08/2020
freelance asset manager in the luxury hotel industry

since 08/2020
Managing Director & Regional Vice President – Operations Europe and Middle East, THE LANGHAM, London

since 02/2018
Member of the Board of Trustees, Peter Dussmann Stiftung, Berlin

since 08/2021
Member of the Supervisory Board, Dussmann Stiftung AG & Co. KGaA

Dieter W. Haller

Member of the Board of Trustees

Born 1954

Education
Studies in political science, English and sports science in Tübingen and Cambridge

1981 - 2018
Various assignments at the Federal Foreign Office in Germany and abroad including Deputy Head of Executive Staff; Head of the Department for Economics and Sustainability with the rank of Ministerial Director; Ambassador to South Africa and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

11/2018 - 9/20
Executive Senior Advisor (foreign and economic policy), WMP Eurocom AG, Berlin, Frankfurt/Main, Munich

since 10/2018
Managing Director Haller Consult GmbH, Frankfurt

since 04/2020
Member of the board of trustees, Peter Dussmann Stiftung, Berlin

Prof. Roland Koch

Member of the Board of Trustees

Born 1958

Education
University of Frankfurt am Main
Law

since 1985
Own law practice in Frankfurt am Main specialized in commercial law and labor law (excepting the time as Minister President)

1987 - 2010
Member of state parliament, Hesse

1999 - 2010
Minister President of the state of Hesse

2011 - 2014
Chairman of the Executive Board Bilfinger SE

2011 - 2016
Chairman of the Supervisory Board UBS Deutschland AG/ after transition, UBS Europe SE

2016 - 2021
Chairman of the Supervisory Board UBS Europe SE, Chairman of the Remuneration Supervisory Committee and the Nomination Committee

since 03/2015
Member of the Supervisory Board, Vodafone Deutschland GmbH

since 01/2017

Member of the Board of Trustees, Peter Dussmann-Stiftung, Berlin

since 11/2017
Professor of Management Practice in Regulated Environments, Frankfurt School

since 11/2020
Chairman, Ludwig-Erhard-Stiftung e.V.

Prof. Dr. Rainer Lorz

Member of the Board of Trustees

Born 1962

1981–1984
Apprenticeship as bank clerk

1984–1990
Law studies at the Universities of Berlin & Constance

1990–1994
Legal traineeship and assistant at the chair of Prof. Dr. Dr. Ebenroth, University of Constance

1994
Joined the firm

1995
Doctorate in law

1998
University of California at Berkeley, Master of Laws degree

Since 1999
Partner of the firm

2007
Honorary Professor at the University of Stuttgart

Since 2011
Member of the Board of Trustees, Peter Dussmann-Stiftung, Berlin

Maurice Thompson

Member of the Board of Trustees

Born 1958

Education
MA in Modern History and Modern Languages (German) Brasenose College, Oxford

1987 - 1995
S.G. Warburg, Global Head of Equity Capital Markets

1995 - 1998
Deutsche Bank, Global Head of Investment Banking

1999 - 2003
Early Stage Venture Capital
Founding Partner of European Digital Partners

2003 - 2008
Citibank, Corporate and Investment Bank
Head of Continental Europe

2008 - 2011
Citibank Deutschland, CEO

2012 - 2014
Citibank UK, CEO EMEA

since 01/2014
Member of the Board of Trustees, Peter Dussmann Stiftung, Berlin

The Dussmann Group Executive Board

The Dussmann Group Executive Board is responsible for managing the company’s business. Its decisions are always guided by the objectives defined jointly with the Board of Trustees. Learn more here about our Executive Board members’ histories.

Wolf-Dieter Adlhoch

Chief Executive Officer

Born 1975

Education
Law studies at the Universities of Gießen and Mainz
Qualification: 1st and 2nd state examinations

2005–2011
Head of principle affairs, Hessian state chancellery
Coordination of economic, financial and fiscal policies at national and international level

2006–2011
Deputy department head, political affairs
Hessian state chancellery, minister president’s office

2011–2016
Head of Corporate Strategy
Bilfinger SE

2011–2014
Office Head, Board Chairman, Bilfinger SE
Coordination of human resources, law, compliance, communication, strategy and operative company divisions

2011–2016
Head of projects to improve efficiency and transparency of structures and processes, Bilfinger SE

2016 - 2017
Brexit Taskforce Head, Hessian state chancellery
Coordination of measures initiated by the state government and at federal and European level including the financial sector in Frankfurt and export

since 08/2017
Member of the Dussmann Group executive board