Trustees

The Falling Walls Foundation receives advice, support and guidance from its board of Trustees – an international group of distinguished leaders from science and science policy. The Board is chaired by Jürgen Mlynek, the former president of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres.

Portrait of Henry Alt-Haaker

Henry Alt-Haaker

Senior Vice President, Robert Bosch Foundation

Portrait of Johannes Vogel

Johannes Vogel

Director-General, Museum für Naturkunde Berlin

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Hiroshi Komiyama

Chairman, The Science and Technology in Society Forum

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Ernst Th. Rietschel

Former Chairman of the Board, Berlin Institute of Health and Former President, Leibniz Association

Portrait of Jürgen Mlynek

Jürgen Mlynek

Former President, Helmholtz Association

Portrait of Otmar Wiestler

Otmar Wiestler

President, Helmholtz Association

Portrait of Helga Nowotny

Helga Nowotny

Former President, European Research Council

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Sebastian Turner

Founder, Falling Walls Foundation

Portrait of Carl-Henrik Heldin

Carl-Henrik Heldin

Chairman of the Board, Nobel Foundation

Portrait of Andreas Barner

Andreas Barner

Member of the Shareholders' Committee, Boehringer Ingelheim

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