Executive Board

Executive Board

The association's executive board consists of seven volunteers: the chairman, the second chairman, the treasurer and four assessors. The committee members include a state representative who represents the five federal states of Northern Germany. The federal state of Hamburg will take on this task in 2025.

In order to ensure consistency, the election of individual positions within the Executive Board takes place at staggered intervals - most recently in September 2025. The members of the Maritime Cluster Northern Germany re-elected parts of the Executive Board at the general meeting.

Prof. Bastian Gruschka

Prof. Bastian Gruschka

Chair

Hochschule Bremen
blueMEC GmbH

Kerstin Brooks

Kerstin Broocks

Vice-Chair

Guideline GmbH

Frank Kerstedt

Treasurer

Forvis Mazars GmbH & Co. KG

Dr. Bettina Kutschera

Assessor

JDS GmbH

Andreas Richter

Assessor (State Representative 2025)

Hamburg Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Innovation

Oliver Schinzel

Oliver Schinzel

Assessor

HSM – Hanse Ship Management AG

Torben Taeger

Torben Taeger

Assessor

Evac Germany GmbH

Picture Rights:
Prof. Bastian Gruschka: Prof. Bastian Gruschka
Kerstin Broocks: Kerstin Broocks
Frank Kerstedt: Frank Kerstedt
Dr. Bettina Kutschera: Dr. Bettina Kutschera
Andreas Richter: Andreas Richter
Oliver Schinzel: Oliver Schinzel 
Torben Taeger: Torben Taeger