Committee

The regular FGF General Assembly elected a new Executive Board on September 25, 2024, for the 2025-2026 term. 

Presidium

Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum (President and Executive Board Member)
University of Bayreuth, Chair for Entrepreneurship & Digital Business Models

Prof. Dr. Christoph Stöckmann (First Vice President and Bursar)
Free University of Bozen (IT), Professor for Management

Prof. Dr. Orestis Terzidis (Second Vice President)
Karlsruher Institute for Technology (KIT), Chair for Entrepreneurship & Technology Management

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth S.C. Berger
Johannes Kepler University Linz (A), Institute for Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Birgit Felden
Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht (HWR) Berlin, Institute for Entrepreneurship, Mittelstand und Family Business (EMF-Institute)

Prof. Dr. Klaus Fichter
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Professor for Innovation Management and Sustainability and Director of the Borderstep Institute for Innovation and Sustainability, Berlin

Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack
University of Bern (CH), Director of the Institute for Organization and Personal

Prof. Dr. Rainer Harms
University of Twente (NL), Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation Management (ESIM/NIKOS)

Prof. Dr. Nils Högsdal
Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart, Corporate Finance & Entrepreneurship 

Prof. Dr. Julia Kensbock
University of Bremen, Professorship for Management and Organization in a Digitized Society

Prof. Dr. Andreas Kuckertz
University of Hohenheim, Head of the Department of Business Start-ups and Entrepreneurship

Prof. Dr. Diemo Urbig
Brandenburgische Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), Department of business administration, especially empirical business research and transformation

Executive Board

According to the Articles of Association, the association is represented in and out of court by the Executive Board Member, the Treasurer, or the Managing Director, each acting individually.

From 2025 the following persons are members of the excecutive board:

Prof. Dr. Matthias Baum
University of Bayreuth, Chair for Entrepreneurship & Digital Business Models (President and Executive Board Member)

Prof. Dr. Christoph Stöckmann (1. Vicepresident und Bursar)
Free University of Bozen (IT), Professor for Management

Dr. Madlen Schwing
manages the FGF office as Managing Director.