Foundation Board

Along with representatives of the donors (the Federal Government and the state of Saxony-Anhalt) as well as the chairman and vice-chairman of the scientific advisory board, additional academic and public figures belong to the board of trustees . Since 1 March 2006, Dr. Joachim Welz (assistant head of governmental department, Ministry of Education and the Arts of Saxony-Anhalt, Magdeburg) has been the chairman of the foundation board, which supervises the management of the institute, audits its economic management, approves the annual budget and provides support to IAMO's long-term research and development planning. Furthermore, the board of trustees approves the activities of the executive board for the previous financial year and appoints a member of the directorate as managing director.

The following belong to the foundation board (as of 1st January 2012):