The Executive Committee

Dr Harald Vogelsang, President of the Overseas Club.

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President

Dr Harald Vogelsang

Dr Harald Vogelsang, Spokesman for the Board of Directors of Hamburger Sparkasse (Haspa), has held the post since 1 January 2024.

A native of Hamburg, he had previously been a member of the Übersee-Club’s Board of Trustees since 2012 and one of its vice-presidents since 2016.

The other members of the Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Übersee Club was elected by the Board of Trustees at the end of 2023 for the period 2024 to 2027.

Vice-Presidents

Photograph by Reinhold von Eben-Worlée
Anne Großmann Photography

Reinhold von Eben-Worlée

Dr Hans Fabian Kruse, Vice-President of the Übersee-Club.
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Dr Hans Fabian Kruse

Photograph by Katharina Sayn-Wittgenstein
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Dr Katharina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein

Photo by Angela Titzrath
HHLA / Nele Martensen

Angela Titzrath

Susan Elbow, Vice-President of the Overseas Club.
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Susan Elbow

Astrid Lurati, Vice-President of the Overseas Club.
Charité/Artur Krutsch

Astrid Lurati   

Photograph by Dr Axel Pfeifer
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Dr Axel Pfeifer

Photograph by Dr Karen Heumann
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Karen Heumann

The Board of Trustees

The Board of Trustees elects and advises the Executive Committee. It represents the General Meeting in specific cases.

The Board of Trustees will comprise the following members from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2027:

Prof. Dr Gerhard Adam

Dr Arno Bäcker
, Henrik O. Bodenstab
, Dr Luzie Braun-Durlak
, Christoph Bülk
, Dr-Ing. Ulrich Clemens
, Prof. Dr Jörg F. Debatin
Dr Christoph Dumrath
Robert Eberhardt
Reinhold von Eben-Worlée
Michael Eggenschwiler
Susan Elbow
Prof. Dr Marc Föcking
Karl Gernandt
Prof. Dr Michael Göring
Nikolaus Goetze
Christoph Gottschalk
Prof. Dr Andreas Gross
Dr-Ing Jürgen R. Großmann
Dr Danguole Hackel
Prof. Dr Sigrid Harendza
Prof. Manuel Hartung

Karen Heumann

Jacob Isenberg

Dr Andreas Jacobs

Sebastian Knauer

Peter Kraus vom Cleff

Dr Martin Kröger

Dr Hans Fabian Kruse

E. Daniel Kühnel

Dr Bernd Kundrun

Kammersängerin Hellen Kwon

Prof. Dr Claudia Leopold

Christoph Lieben-Seutter

Bodo Liesenfeld

Robert Lorenz-Meyer

Dr Henneke Lütgerath (deceased)

Astrid Lurati

Michael Markötter

Dr Helena Melnikov

Olaf Meuser

Dr Thomas Mirow

Dr Christoph Morgen

David M. Neumann

Prof. Dr Jacqueline Otten
Dr Hans-Walter Peters
Dr Axel Pfeifer
Prof. Dr Hermann Pünder
Wolfhart Putzier
Christiane, Countess of Rantzau
Stephan Sachse
Dietrich von Saldern
Dr Katharina, Princess of Sayn-Wittgenstein
Prof. Dr Hans-Jörg Schmidt-Trenz
, former Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz
Dr Nikolaus Schrader
Dr Axel Octavio Schroeder
Nikolaus H. Schües
Prof. Dr Michael Schulte-Markwort
Prof. Peter Schwenkow
Prof. Dr Christoph H. Seibt
Johan Sieveking
Consul Dr Sabine Sommerkamp-Homann

Former Senator Dr Dorothee Stapelfeldt
, Prof. Dr Thomas Straubhaar
, Reinhard Stuth

Katja Suding
, Peter Tamm
, Angela Titzrath
, Nicola Verstl
, Dr Arnt Vespermann
, Prof. Dr Henning Vöpel
, Dr Harald Vogelsang
, Martina Warning
, Joachim F. Weinlig-Hagenbeck
, Pieter Wasmuth
, Dr Hariolf Wenzler
, former Senator Dietrich Wersich
, Dr Götz Tobias Wiese
, Ansgar Wimmer
, Dr Johannes Wimmer
, Matthias Wittenburg
, Dr Isabella Woldt