German-British Forum
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Background
Biographical Information
History
Current activities
Views
Affiliations
People
'The Forum has a Management Board of 14 members and an Advisory Council of 18 members. People connected with the Forum carry out most administrative tasks free of charge. None of the Forum's Directors or Advisory Council takes a salary or draws administrative expenses.'[1]
Zacharias Gertler, the Neoconservative connected individual who is one of London's 'Secret rich' is listed as a director.[2]
GBF Advisory Board
According to the GBF website:[3] Dr. Gottfried von Bismarck, Senior Consultant, Körber AG | Sir Nigel Broomfield KCMG Bernard Carey, Director, Pielle Consulting | The Lord Cobbold, Lytton Enterprises Ltd | Dr. Stephen Collins, Director, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Skype | Dr. Horst Füllenkemper | Dr. Ulrich Hoppe, Managing Director, German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce | Frederick R. Hopson | Peter Mather, Vice President, External Affairs (Europe and sub-Saharan Africa), BP plc | Thomas Kielinger OBE, UK Correspondent, Die Welt | George Magan, Partner, Rhone Group Limited | George W. Mallinckrodt, President, Schroders plc | Ingrid McAlpine | Robert Meier, Robert Bosch Ltd | Prof Rüdiger von Rosen, Geschäftsführendes Mitglied, Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V. | Simon Tilford, Chief Economist, Centre for European Reform | Maxine Vlieland OBE | Lord George W. Weidenfeld, Chairman, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
GBF Management Board
President The Rt. Hon. Lord Hurd of Westwell CH CBE PC, former Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs | Chairman Professor William (Willie) Paterson OBE AcSS FRSE FRSA, Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham
Board Members
Robert Bischof*, Chairman, Vitalize Health Products Ltd. | Zak Gertler, Managing Director, Gertler Properties Ltd | Patricia Godfrey*, Partner and Head of German Group, Nabarro | Dr. Rebecca Harding, Executive Director, Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, London Business School | Michael Knapstein, Chief Financial Officer, T-Systems Ltd. | Jürgen Krönig, UK Correspondent, Die Zeit | Mark Lewis, Director of Utilities Equity Research Team, Deutsche Bank | David Marsh CBE*, Chairman, London and Oxford Capital Markets plc | Andreas Meyer-Schwickerath, Executive Director, British Chamber of Commerce in Germany | Dr. Carolyn Moore, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham | Lord Watson of Richmond CBE, Chairman, Europe, Burson-Marsteller | Zoe Pettman ACA (Company Secretary)
* Deputy Chairman
German-British Forum Awards Jury
President Patricia Godfrey, Partner and Head of German Group, Nabarro
Jury Members
Roger Boyes, Berlin Correspondent, The Times | Brian Gosschalk, Chief Executive, Ipsos-MORI | John Eisenhammer, Director, Quiller Consultants | Robert Meier, Robert Bosch Ltd | Thomas Kielinger, UK Correspondent, Die Welt | Antje Schlamm, Director, London, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst | Michael Maclay, Director, Montrose Associates | Professor William (Willie) Paterson OBE AcSS FRSE FRSA, Director, Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham | Christoph Urban, Chairman, British-German Association | Michael Knapstein, Chief Financial Officer, T-Systems Ltd | Barry Stickings CBE | Professor Michael Stürmer, Chief Correspondent, Verlag Axel Springer | Gina Thomas, UK Cultural Correspondent, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung | Rolf Seelmann, Journalist, Seelmannfilm
'The Forum would like to thank the following partners and sponsors for their support from 1995 to date:'[4]
AGDG Bank
Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society
Asea Brown Boveri AG
Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG
Bankside
Barclays Bank plc
BASF plc
BMW Group
BoschBoss Group Ltd
British Chamber of Commerce in Germany
British Council
British German Association
British Petroleum plc
Business for New Europe
CCTV
Centre for European Reform
China Contact
China-Britain Business Council
Delta Economics
Deminex UK Oil and Gas Ltd
Deutsche Bank
Deutsch-Englische Gesellschaft
East Midlands Development Agency
E.ON UK
Euroforum
European Research Institute
Evonik Industries
Financial News
Finoble
Foreign and Commonwealth Office, London
FTChinese.com
German Embassy, London
German-British Chamber of Industry and Commerce
Goethe Institut
Handelsblatt
Hawkpoint Partners Limited, London
Herax Partners
Herbert Quandt Stiftung
Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs
Institute for German Studies
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
Landeszentralbank Hessen
London & Oxford Group
London School of Economics
Management Consulting Group plc
Mellenthin & Co
Nabarro Nathanson
Parson
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Proudfoot Consulting plc
Rheinbraun AG
Rheinmetall AG
Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd
RWE AG
Siemens plc
Soditic
The Foreign Policy Centre
T-Systems
UK Trade & Investment
University of Birmingham
VEBA AG
Verein Deutscher Geldhändler
Warrington UK
Funding
According to its own website 'The GBF is funded through donations from companies, foundations and individuals. Past sponsors and supporters include'[5]
BMW | Bankgesellschaft Berlin | Barclays Bank | Behrenberg Bank | Robert Bosch | BASF | BP | Commerzbank | Deutsche Bundesbank | Droege & Comp. | Deutsche Bank | DZ Bank | Hawkpoint Partners | Henkel | Herbert Quandt Foundation | Hessische Landesbank | Institute for German Studies | Körber Stiftung | McIntyre & King | Nabarro Nathanson | Sal. Oppenheim | RWE | Rheinmetall | Robert Fleming | Royal Bank of Scotland | Siemens | 3i | Veba | Westdeutsche Landesbank
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