Supervisory Board Member

Ertharin Cousin

Ertharin Cousin

Member of the Supervisory Board effective October 2019, elected until 2028

 

Independent Consultant

 

Memberships in comparable supervising bodies of German or foreign corporations:

 

 

 

  • Allwyn North America, Inc. (Board of Directors)
  • Mondelēz International, Inc. (Board of Directors)1

1 listed company

 

 

Curriculum Vitae

12.05.1957

Born in Chicago, USA

1979

BA Criminal Justice and Political Science, University of Illinois, USA

1982 

Doctor of Jurisprudence, University of Georgia School of Law, USA

1994–1997

United States Department of State, White House Liaison, Special Advisor to Secretary for 2016 Olympics, USA

1997–2002

Albertsons LLC, Senior Vice President, USA
Jewel Food Stores, Vice President Government and Community Affairs, USA

2003–2006

Feeding America (formerly America’s Second Harvest), Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, USA

2006–2009

The Polk Street Group LLC, Founding President and Chief Executive Officer, USA

2009–2012

United States Department of State, U.S. Ambassador and permanent representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Agencies, Italy

2012–2017

United Nations World Food Program, Executive Director, Italy

2017–2019

Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Food Security and Environment, Payne Distinguished Fellow, USA

Since 2019

Stanford University, Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Center on Food Security and Environment Visiting Scholar, USA
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Distinguished Fellow, USA
Food Systems for the Future, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, USA

Since 2020

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive Director), Allwyn North America, Inc. (formerly Camelot North America), USA

Since 2021

Robert Bosch Academy, Robert Von Weizsäcker Fellow, Germany

Since 2022

Member of the Board of Directors (non-executive Director), Mondelēz International, Inc, USA