Members of the Minimum Wage Commission

Chair

Member of the University Council of the Fernuniversität Hagen
2019–2022: Member of the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency
2004–2019: Chair of the Management Board of the North Rhine-Westphalia Regional Directorate of the Federal Employment Agency
2018–2019: Member of the German Federal Government's Commission on Growth, Structural Change, and Employment
1999–2004: Vice President of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Employment Office of the Federal Employment Agency
1995–1999: Director of the Duisburg Employment Office
1986–1995: Various positions within the Federal Employment Agency
1986: Law degree from the University of Cologne
Born in 1957

Member of the Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) since 2014
Member of IG Metall (metalworkers' union) since 1980
Member of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
Member of the Administrative Board of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Board of Trustees of the Hans Böckler Foundation
Trained machine fitter
Born in 1963

Deputy Chair of United Service Union (verdi) since 2007
Trade union secretary at United Service Union (verdi) since 2001
Member of United Service Union (verdi) since 1991
Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG
Member of the Administrative Board of the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) and the Executive Board of the Hans Böckler Foundation
Employee and works council member at Deutsche Post AG
Studied social work, English, German, and Roman languages and literature
Born in 1965

Member of the Executive Board since 2017 and Chairman of the Food, Beverages, and Catering Union (NGG) since 2018
Since 1999 Trade union secretary at the Food, Beverages, and Catering Union (NGG)
Since 1993 Member of the Food, Beverages, and Catering Union (NGG)
Member of the Supervisory Board of AccorInvest Germany GmbH
Trained hotel manager and trade union secretary
Born in 1971

Chair of the BDA Committee on Labor Market Issues (2013–2021)
Member of the Presidium of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations (BDA) (2011–2020)
President of the Employers' Association for Food and Beverages (ANG) (2011–2020)
2016–2018 Managing Director/Labor Director of Coca-Cola European Partners Germany (CCEP DE)
With the Coca-Cola Group since 1997
1997–2008 Human Resources Manager at the concessionaire Bremer Erfrischungsgetränke, from 2008 Director HR Employee & Industrial Relations
Member of the Supervisory Board of Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein aG (PSVaG)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Pfizer Deutschland GmbH
Graduate in Business Administration
Born in 1955

Since July 2016 Chief Executive of the Confederation of German Employers' Associations
2009–2015 Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance
1990–2016 Member of the German Bundestag, from 1999 Chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Budget Committee. From 2005 to 2009, budget policy spokesman for the CDU/CSU parliamentary group
Member of the ZDF Television Council
Treasurer of the German Friends of Yad Vashem e.V.
Chairman of the Board of Friends of the Cultural Foundation of the German Federal States
Economist
Born in 1963

Since 2010 Managing Director of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) and the German Crafts and Small Businesses Association (UDH)
2004–2009 Managing Director of the Parliamentary Group for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses (PKM) of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag
Member of the Administrative Board of the Federal Employment Agency
Member of the Executive Board of the German Pension Security Association (DRV Bund)
Member of the Collective Bargaining Committee at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs
Initiative for New Quality of Work (INQA): Member of the steering committee
Association of German Guarantee Banks: Member of the Executive Board, Deputy Chairman
Political scientist and economist, banking expert
Born in 1972

Since 2010 Director of the Walter Eucken Institute and Professor of Economic Policy and Institutional Economics at the University of Freiburg
2013–2021 Member of the Independent Advisory Board of the Stability Council
2011–2021 Member of the German Council of Economic Experts
Since 2003 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the German Federal Ministry of Finance
Since 2008 Full member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (National Academy of Sciences)
Since 2008 Member and since 2011 Spokesperson of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Market Economy Foundation (“Kronberger Kreis”)
Economist, 2002–2010 Professor at the Universities of Marburg and Heidelberg
Born in 1966

Since 2006 Professor of Macroeconomics at the University of Mannheim
2019–2020: Visiting Professor at the Federal Ministry of Finance
2012–2020: Spokesperson and coordinator of the DFG Priority Program “Financial Market Imperfections and Macroeconomic Performance”
2012–2018: Advisor at the International Monetary Fund
2017–2018: Senior Visiting Scholar and Advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank, Minneapolis
2002–2012: Advisor at the World Bank
Physicist and economist (Ph.D. Columbia University)