Governing Bodies
ZIF is a non-profit company with limited liability. Sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany represented by the German Federal Foreign Office. The ZIF Supervisory Board is composed of parliamentary undersecretaries from the foreign, defence, development and interior ministries and one MP from each of the parliamentary groups in the German Parliament. An International Advisory Board also supports the work of ZIF. The Center's Executive Director is Dr. Astrid Irrgang.
ZIF Supervisory Board
Members of the ZIF Supervisory Board for the 20th legislative period are:
- Dr. Anna Lührmann (Chairperson of the Supervisory Board) | Minister of State for Europe and Climate, German Federal Foreign Office
- Markus Grübel (Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board) | German Parliament, CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group
- Niels Annen | Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
- Siemtje Möller | Parliamentary State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Defence
- Isabel Schmitt-Falckenberg | Head of Division B, Federal Ministry of the Interior and Community
- Aydan Özoğuz| Vice-president of the German Parliament, SPD Parliamentary Group
- Boris Mijatović | German Parliament, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen Parliamentary Group
- Ulrich Lechte | German Parliament, FDP Parliamentary Group
- Stefan Keuter | German Parliament, AfD Parliamentary Group
ZIF International Advisory Board
- Jonas Alberoth (Chairperson of the Advisory Board) | Principal Senior Advisor to the Challenges Forum International Secretariat | Folke Bernadotte Academy, Stockholm (Sweden)
- Dr. Comfort Ero (Deputy Chairperson of the Advisory Board) | President and CEO | International Crisis Group, Nairobi (Kenya)
- Dr. Alhaji Sarjoh Bah | Director of Conflict Management | Political Affairs, Peace and Security Department | African Union (AU), Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)
- Dr. Benedetta Berti I Head of Policy Planning, Office of the Secretary General I North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels (Belgium)
- Major General Richard Addo Gyane I Commandant I Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre (KAIPTC), Accra (Ghana)
- David Haeri | Director of the Division for Policy, Evaluation & Training | United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), New York (USA)
- Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven | Member of the Management Board | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Eschborn/Berlin (Germany)
- Mona Köhler-Schindler I Staff Officer, Climate Security I North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Brussels (Belgium)
- Jörg Krempel | Senior Capability Development Planner, Security and Defence Policy Division | European External Action Service (EEAS), Brussels (Belgium)
- Rear Admiral Ralf Kuchler | Commandant | Bundeswehr Command and Staff College, Hamburg (Germany)
- Helga Maria Schmid | Secretary General | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), Vienna (Austria)
- Lieutenant General Bernd Schütt | Commander | Bundeswehr Joint Forces Operations Command, Geltow/Schwielowsee (Germany)
- Commr. Faisal Shahkar I UN Police Advisor I United Nations Department of Peace Operations (DPO), New York (USA)
- Stefano Tomat | Managing Director | Civilian Planning and Conduct Capability CPCC), Brussels (Belgium)
- Edem Wosornu | Director of Operations | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA), New York (USA)