Our Supervisory Board
Our Supervisory Board consists of eleven members and one advisory member. In addition to its supervisory function, the board is our direct link to regional politics. We strengthen the Ruhr economic region in the interests of our communities.
Chairman:
Regionaldirektor Garrelt Duin (SPD)
Vice Chairman:
Roland Mitschke (CDU)
- Dimitrios Axourgos (SPD)
- Kirsten Deggim (Bündnis 90/The Greens)
- Tomas Grohé (DIE LINKE)
- Michael R. Hübner (SPD)
- Wilhelm Jasperneite (CDU)
- Oliver Linsel (Bündnis 90/The Greens)
- Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter Noll (CDU)
- Martina Schmück-Glock (SPD)
- Ulrike Wilmshöver (AFD)
Advisory member of the Supervisory Board:
Korinna Zeumer (Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia)
Our Advisory Board
The voices of business in the Ruhr region are gathered in our Advisory Board. This enables us to bundle the interests in the Ruhr Metropolis. Economic development agencies, associations, chambers of commerce and the major universities work with us on the Ruhr Valley as a business location.
- Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert / Rector University Duisburg-Essen
- Thomas Banasiewicz / Managing Director Chamber of Crafts Münster
- Prof. Dr. Manfred Bayer / Rector Technical University Dortmund
- Rouven Beeck / Managing Director Bochum Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Michael Bergmann / Managing Director of the Mittleres Ruhrgebiet Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Felix Blasch / Head of Department for Urban Planning and Economic Development Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
- André Boschem / Managing Director EWG Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
- Andreas Bothe / District President District Government of Münster
- Heinrich Böckelühr / District President of the Arnsberg district government
- Dr. Stefan Dietzfelbinger / Managing Director Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve zu Duisburg
- Sascha Dorday / Managing Director Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft für den Kreis Unna mbH
- Dr. Dirk Drenk / Managing Director of Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Herne mbH
- Dr. Axel Fuhrmann / Managing Director Chamber of Crafts Düsseldorf
- Dr. Ralf Geruschkat / Managing Director Südwestfälische Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Hagen
- Dr. Ute Günther / Executive Member of the Board Pro Ruhrgebiet e.V.
- Kerstin Groß / Chief Executive Officer Chamber of Industry and Commerce for Essen, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Oberhausen zu Essen
- Lukas Hähnel / Head of the Wesel Business Development Agency
- Dr. Andreas Henseler / Managing Director OWT Oberhausener Wirtschafts- und Tourismusförderung GmbH
- Paul Höller / State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- Dr. Fritz Jaeckel / Chief Executive Officer of IHK Nord Westfalen
- Katja Kamlage / Managing Director of Wirtschaftsförderungsagentur Ennepe-Ruhr GmbH, Hattingen
- Pascal Ledune / Managing Director IMPULS. The Hammer Business Agency
- Ansgar Lewe / Head of Department District Council, District Administrator, Audit District of Recklinghausen
- Ulrike Lubek / Director Landschaftsverband Rhineland
- Dr. Georg Lunemann / Director Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
- Heike Marzen / Managing Director Economic Development Dortmund
- Olesja Mouelhi-Ort / Managing Director Chamber of Crafts Dortmund
- Dr. Babette Nieder / Managing Director WiN Emscher-Lippe GmbH
- Simon Nowack / City Councillor, City of Gelsenkirchen
- Dirk Opalka / Managing Director Initiativkreis Ruhr GmbH
- Prof. Dr. Uli Paetzel / Chairman of the Board Emschergenossenschaft / Lippeverband
- Prof. Dr. Martin Paul / Rector Ruhr University Bochum
- Michael Rüscher / Alderman for Economic Affairs, Security and Public Order City of Duisburg
- Dr. Christopher Schmitt / Managing Director Hagen.Wirtschaftsentwicklung GmbH
- Wolfgang Schmitz / Chief Executive Officer of the Entrepreneurs' Association
- Stefan Schreiber (Chairman of the Advisory Board) / Chief Executive of the Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Thomas Schürmann / President of the Düsseldorf District Government
- Dr. Jörg Weingarten / Head of Department, Industrial and Structural Policy, Digitization, German Federation of Trade Unions, NRW District
- Sabine Wißmann / Head of Economic Development and Location Management City of Bottrop
The economic development agencies
We work closely with the economic development agencies of our municipalities.