Chairmen
Board of trustees
| since 2018 | Jochen Spethmann |
| 2011 - 2018 | Rolf Kirchfeld |
| 2005 - 2011 | Nikolaus W. Schües |
| 1987 - 2005 | Dr Ing. Hermann Möller |
| 1976 - 1987 | Dipl.-Ing. Erhard Keltsch |
| 1967 - 1976 | Ernst Jung |
Scientific advisory board
| since 2019 | Prof. Dr med. Christian Büchel |
| 2017 - 2019 | Prof. Dr rer. nat. Reinhard Jahn |
| 2015 - 2017 | Prof. Ernst Hafen PhD |
| 2009 - 2015 | Prof. Dr med. Rolf Stahl |
| 2008 - 2009 | Prof. Dr med. Jürgen Schölmerich |
| 2006 - 2008 | Prof. Dr sc. nat. Hans Hengartner |
| 2003 - 2006 | Prof. (em.) Dr med. Johannes Dichgans |
| 1997 - 1998 | Prof. Dr med. Dr h. c. Thomas Brandt, FRCP |
| 1998 - 2003 | Prof. Dr med. Dres. h. c. Hubert Erich Blum |
| 1975 - 1996 | Prof. Dr phil. Rudolf Haas |