Structure and bodies

Menschen für Menschen is politically and denominationally neutral and economically independent. The Menschen für Menschen Foundation Germany works together with the independent subsidiaries in Austria and Belgium. The country organizations raise funds independently of one another and carry out information and public relations work in their own country. Funds from all three countries flow into the project work in Ethiopia, which is conducted under the sole auspices of the German Foundation.

The central Project Coordination Office (PCO) in Addis Ababa is responsible for the implementation and supervision of all projects in the project regions. In formal terms the Ethiopian organization is a permanent business establishment of the German Foundation.

The head office of the German Menschen für Menschen Foundation is located in Munich. Around 25 employees work here in the Executive Board, Fundraising & Communications, Development Cooperation, Purchasing and Logistics, Donors Liaison, Finances and IT. In Ethiopia we have a workforce of , all of them are Ethiopians.

The Executive Board conducts business, manages the Foundation’s assets and ensures that the latter’s tasks are performed as efficiently as possible. The Executive Board consists of two members, appointed by the Supervisory Board. New members are elected by the Executive Board (co-optation). Their appointment requires the consent of the Supervisory Board.

Members of the Executive Board:
Dr. Sebastian Brandis (Spokesman) and Benjamin Freiberg.

Compliance management ensures that the foundation always performs its activities in accordance with law and that it adheres to high ethical standards in all areas. The foundation is advised on compliance issues by the law firms Hogan Lovells and Gibson Dunn.

In addition, the Board of Trustees has appointed lawyer Dr. Nils Dreier as Compliance Officer. If you have any questions or comments on the subject of compliance, you can contact him at  compliance@menschenfuermenschen.org.