Patrons

The GSB's Executive MBA program at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is one of the longest-running programs of its kind in Germany.
One of the most important goals of the executive and management education at the GSB is to develop the participants into responsible leaders who are able to successfully fulfill leadership tasks responsibly for the employees, the company, society and the environment. In this context, the tradition of electing class patrons was also formed.

Each year, the graduates of an EMBA class select a personality from business, science or politics as the cohorts patron, with whom they can particularly identify and who represents the identity of their cohort.
With the patronage, the personality assumes the patronage for the respective year and should serve the alumni as a role model and inspiration for their future leadership and management tasks.

The following persons have assumed patronage of the Executive MBA program for the classes successfully completed to date:

NameAcademic Year
Prof. Dr. Marbod Muff
Chairman of the Board InnoNet HealthEconomy e.V., former Member of the Executive Board Boehringer Ingelheim
1st Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Friedhelm Plogmann
Former Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors Landesbank Rheinland-Palatinate
2nd Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Klaus Kremper
Founder and Partner OneFiber Interconnect Germany GmbH
4th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Manfred Maus
Chairman of the Cologne Diocesan Group of the Federation of Catholic Entrepreneurs (BKU), founder of OBI
5th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Annette Schavan
Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Heilige Stuhl, former Federal Minister of Education and Research
6th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Rainer Brüderle
Former Federal Minister of Economics and Technology
8th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Christian Boehringer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Boehringer Ingelheim
9th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Karl-Friedrich Stracke
President Automotive Engineering Engineering Magna Steyr AG & Co KG
10th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Eveline Lemke
Consultant, thinker and guide in the circular economy MdL, former Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate
11th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Klaus Kaldemorgen
Fondmanager, DWS, Frankfurt
12th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Jörg Kukies
State Secretary, Federal Chancellery
13th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Malu Dreyer
Prime Minister Rhineland-Palatinate
14th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Matthias Fritton
Executive Vice President of Deutsche Börse AG
15th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Simone Menne
Former member of the Executive Board of Boehringer Ingelheim
15th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Christian Lindner MdB
Federal Minister of Finance
16th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Michael Ebling MdL
State Minister of the Interior of Rhineland-Palatinate
17th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Susanne Veltins
Brewery owner C.& A. VELTINS GmbH & Co. KG
18th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Federal President (ret.) Joachim Gauck
Federal President (ret.)
19th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Falko Hagebölling
Head of Development Operations, Member of the Executive Board IVU Traffic Technologies AG
20th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Dr. Jens Schulte
CFO at SCHOTT AG
21th Academic Year, Executive MBA
Bettina Stark-Watzinger MdB
Federal Minister of Education and Research
1st Academic Year, MBA