Among other tasks, the Board of Trustees is responsible for approving:

  • the statutes of the organization and its strategic direction 
  • the appointment of the President, the Scientific Board, and the Managing Director 
  • the procedures for academic appointments and the promotion of scientists

The Board of Trustees consists of 15 members. Eight of them are internationally well-known scientists, four are appointed by the Federal Government, and three are appointed by the Government of Lower Austria.

Claus J. Raidl
Chair
CEO Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Vienna

Anton Zeilinger
Vice-Chair
Professor, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna and IQOQI, Austrian Academy of Sciences

Catherine Cesarsky
High Commissioner for Atomic Energy, CEA-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Alice Dautry
President, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

Haim Harari
Former President of Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Alexander Hartig
Member of the Management Board, Industrieliegenschaftenverwaltungs AG, Vienna

Gisela Hopfmüller
Freelance journalist, Vienna

Eric Kandel
Department of Physiology and Cell Biophysics, Columbia University, New York

Olaf Kübler
Former President of ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Peter Layr
Member of the Executive Board EVN, Maria Enzersdorf

Kurt Mehlhorn
Director Max-Planck Institute for Informatics, Saarbrücken, Germany

Wolfgang Ruttenstorfer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Vienna Insurance Group, Vienna

Wolfgang Schürer
Chairman of the Foundation Lindau Nobelprizewinners Meetings and Vice-President of the Council for Lindau Nobel Laureates Meetings, Lindau, Germany

Elisabeth Stadler
Chairwoman of the Board of Management, ERGO Austria International AG, Vienna

Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker
Secretary General, Human Frontiers Science Program, Strasbourg, France

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