Team Working Together in a Spirit of Trust

Chairwoman

Sabine Kunst has a doctorate in Water Management and Political Science. She received her postdoctoral qualification in Civil Engineering and Surveying from the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying at the University of Hannover in 1990. Following on from this, she assumed the position of chair of the Department of Bioprocess Engineering at the University of Hannover from 1991 to 2007. Kunst then took on the role of president at the University of Potsdam between 2007 and 2010, followed by president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 2010 to 2011, and a subsequent switch to politics with her appointment as the Minister of Science, Research and Culture for the federal state of Brandenburg. From 2016 to the end of 2021, she acted as president of the Humboldt University of Berlin.

She became a member of the board of the Joachim Herz Foundation on January 15, 2022, and was voted chairwoman on January 19.

Member of the Executive Board

After training as a bank professional, Ulrich Müller studied Business Administration, graduating in 1996. He then worked at one of Germany’s largest insurance groups as an expert on matters such as financial planning and control as well as risk management. Subsequently he then spent three years as Head of Internal Accounting at a family office near Munich before joining one of Germany’s largest travel insurers. In his position as head of department, he was responsible for strategic asset allocation. At the same time, he lectured on capital investments in insurance companies at the University of Applied Sciences Ludwigshafen am Rhein. In 2007, Mr. Müller joined CORO Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, which was run by Joachim and Petra Herz. When the Foundation was established in 2008, he was made Head of Investments, Finance, Organization, and HR. On October 1, 2014, Mr. Müller was made a Member of the Executive Board of the Joachim Herz Stiftung.

Member of the Executive Board

Dr. Nina Lemmens held various positions at the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) starting in 1997 and was most recently Director of the North America Office in New York. She holds a doctorate in art history and has many years of experience in the field of academic leadership, developing and managing numerous transatlantic and international scholarship programs.

She was appointed Member of the Executive Board of the Joachim Herz Stiftung as of October 1, 2018. In this role, she is responsible for the three central program areas – Science, Economics, and Personal Development – in which the Foundation performs its operational project work.