The foundation board of trustees counsels the university, decides foundation matters of fundamental importance and monitors presidium activities. Furthermore, it has the following tasks:
- Nomination or appointment and dismissal of the presidium members of the university,
- Decision on change and load of the basic assets and taking out loans,
- Approval of the business plan,
- Acceptance of the statement of accounts of the presidium,
- Approval of the annual financial statement and discharge of the foundation presidium,
- Consent for the creation of companies or to the foundation’s participation in companies,
- Legal supervision of the university,
- Decisions on change of the foundation’s statute and the adoption, amendment and cancellation of other foundation statutes.
Members
- Jörg Hannemann, chairman of the foundation board of trustees, chairman of Bundesverbandes Tiergesundheit
- Dr. Nicole Elleuche, managing director and administrative director, European XFEL GmbH
- Professor Dr. Peter H. Seeberger, director of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam
- Prof. Dr. Meike Mevissen, head of the Division Veterinary Pharmacology & Toxicology, Vetsuisse Faculty of the University of Bern
- Thomas Schröder, president of the German Animal Welfare Federation
- Susanne Fiehe, representative form the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony
- Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Waldmann, representative form the senate and head of the Clinic for Swine, Small Ruminants and Forensic Medicine of the TiHo
