The Board of Trustees
The RAG-Stiftung’s Board of Trustees appoints the members of the Board of Executives. It is regularly informed about decisions of fundamental importance. The Board of Trustees has five ex officio members and eight additional members.
The ex officio members are (in the order specified in the articles of association):
- The Minister President of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia
- The Minister President of the State of Saarland
- The Federal Minister of Finance
- The Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
- The Chairman of the IG BCE trade union
The eight additional members of the Board of Trustees are each appointed for a period of up to five years. The Chairperson of the Board of Trustees is elected from among the additional members. The Board of Trustees’ composition is regulated by the foundation’s articles of association.
The members of the Board of Trustees
Chairman:
©Laurence Chaperon
Armin Laschet
Member of the German Bundestag, former Premier of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2022)
Ex officio members (in the order given in the foundation’s statutes):
©Land NRW/Ralph Sondermann
Hendrik Wüst
MP of North Rhine-Westphalia, Premier of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia (since 2021)
©Oliver Dietze
Anke Rehlinger
MP of Saarland, Premier of the State of Saarland (since 2022)
Dr. Jörg Kukies
Federal Minister of Finance (since 2024)
©BMWK/Dominik Butzmann
Dr. Robert Habeck
Member of the German Bundestag, Federal Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (since 2021)
©Stefan Koch
Michael Vassiliadis
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RAG-Stiftung, Chairman of the Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (since 2009)
Additional members:
©Lina Nikelowski
Martin Albers
Chairman of the Working group of Works Councils in the RAG-Stiftung and Chairman of the General works council at Evonik Industries (since 2020)
©Ralf Schultheiß
Thomas Kufen
Mayor of the City of Essen (since 2017)
©Ralph Sondermann
Annemarie Lütkes
former States Minister (since 2022)
©SPD Saar/Susie Knoll
Heiko Maas
former Federal Minister (since 2015)
©VDA/Roland Horn
Hildegard Müller
President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (since 2020)
©Reiner Priggen
Reiner Priggen
Former Chairman of the Board NRW State Association for Renewable Energy (since 2022)
©Steag GmbH
Dr. Andreas Reichel
Chairman of the Board of Management of STEAG GmbH (since 2017)