About our advisory board

The Advisory Board of Duisburg Business & Innovation GmbH (DBI) was founded on November 11, 2021 with 18 members from business, science and administration. Today, it comprises 19 members who were personally appointed for a term of three years.

As a strategic body, it is a source of ideas and impetus for new projects as well as a network that brings in and bundles the competencies, experience, contacts and expertise of the individual members. It is also an ambassador and alliance for the economic development of a strong Duisburg in order to strengthen the interface between business and science. The Advisory Board also acts as a corrective to the work and course of the DBI.

Chairman of the Advisory Board is Bernhard Osburg, CEO of thyssenkrupp steel Europe. His deputy is Dr. Stefan Dietzfelbinger, Managing Director of the Lower Rhine Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

The members

Marcel Abel

Managing Director

Jones Lang LaSalle SE

Prof. Dr. Barbara Albert

Rector

University of Duisburg-Essen

Markus Bangen

Chairman of the Board

duisport - Duisburger Hafen AG

Tobias Bartz

Chairman of the Management Board

Rhenus SE & Co. KG

Thomas Diederichs

Spokesman of the Executive Board

Volksbank Rhein-Ruhr eG

Dr. Stefan Dietzfelbinger

Chief Executive

Niederrheinischen Industrie- und Handelskammer Duisburg-Wesel-Kleve

Reiner Eckhardt

CEO

Caramba Chemicals Group

Prof. Dr. Anton Grabmaier

Head

Fraunhofer Institut für Mikroelektronische Schaltungen u. Systeme IMS

Ulrich Grillo

Chairman of the Board

Grillo-Werke AG

Lothar Hellmann

Owner, Elektro Venn GmbH

Board of Directors, Duisburg District Craftsmen's Association

Heidrun Hövelmann

Managing Partner

RheinfelsQuellen H. Hövelmann GmbH & Co. KG

Guido Kerkhoff

Chief Executive Officer

Klöckner & Co

Dr. Marcus Korthäuer

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Unternehmerverbandsgruppe e.V.

Geschäftsführer ESPERA-WERKE GmbH

Dr. Cem Kurutas

CEO

ArcelorMittal Hochfeld / Duisburg GmbH

Bernhard Osburg

Chairman of the Advisory Board

Peter Vinnemeier

Managing Partner

Monkfish Equity GmbH

Angelika Wagner

Regional Managing Director

Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund Region Niederrhein

Ingo Wald

CEO

KROHNE Messtechnik GmbH

Frank Wittig

CEO, Wittig GmbH

Deputy Chairman, Economy for Duisburg e.V.

Özcan Yavuz

Partner, Dr Voßmeyer Dommermuth & Partner Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mbB

Deputy. Chairman, Turkish-German Entrepreneurs‘ and Academics’ Association TIAD e.V.