Supervisory Board Member
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
1listed company
Curriculum Vitae
| May 12, 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 |