Ansgar Wimmer

*1967 in Osnabrück, has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Alfred Toepfer Foundation F.V.S. since October 2004, and its Chairman since July 2005. From 2000 to 2004, he was a member of the City Council of Gütersloh's Department of Culture, Education, Youth, Social Affairs and Sports. He gained work experience as a project manager at the Bertelsmann Foundation, at the United Nations (UNCTAD/ Geneva) and at the consulting firm McKinsey & Co. He is a fully qualified lawyer and holds a Master's degree in Public Administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government (Harvard University) as a John J. McCloy Scholar.