International Advisory Council
- Chairman: Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the Board of Management, Allianz SE
- Dr. Patrick Adenauer, Executive Committee member, BDI
- Dr. Frank Appel, Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Post AG
- Dr. Gerhard Cromme, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, ThyssenKrupp AG
- Prof. Dr. Dieter Hundt, President, BDA
- Harald Krüger, Member of the Board of Management, BMW AG
- Heinz Laber, Member of the Management Board, HypoVereinsbank, Member of UniCredit, UniCredit Bank AG
- Stefan Lauer, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Lufthansa AG
- Frank Mattern, Director and Managing Partner Germany, McKinsey & Company, Inc.
- Prof. Dr. Rolf Nonnenmacher, Chairman EMA Region, KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
- Wilfried Porth, Member of the Board of Management, Daimler AG
- Jörg Schwitalla, Chief HR Officer/Member of the Management Board, MAN SE
- Dr. Wolfgang Strassl, Member of the Board of Management, Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
- Dr. Christian Veith, Senior Partner und Managing Director, The Boston Consulting Group GmbH
- Dr. Giuseppe Vita, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Axel Springer AG