Dr. Franz Josef Kirschfink leads of the central office team and coordinates the implementation of Board decisions. He organises the Hamburg Aviation Forum and specialist workshops and presents the cluster at events in Germany and abroad. Another important aspect of his work is the acquisition of externally funded projects.
Kirsten Schümer is responsible for the organisation and management of the association and looks after, amongst other things, membership and committees. She assembles the product portfolio for members and is responsible for sourcing sponsorship and third-party funding.
Mareile Bösecke is responsible for the organisation and management of the association and looks after memberships and committee meetings in cooperation with Dr. Kathrin Bösener. Also she is responsible for personnel management.
Lukas Kaestner is responsible for marketing and communications at Hamburg Aviation, as well as all public displays of the cluster. Lukas is also in charge of all media relations of the cluster as well as press enquiries.
Katharina Bley is responsible for organising events such as the Hamburg Aviation Forum, taking care of preparation and wrap-up along with on-site management. She makes sure that attendees have the ideal atmosphere to look after and grow their networks.
Maike Klindt is responsible for organising events such as the Hamburg Aviation Forum, taking care of preparation and wrap-up along with on-site management. She makes sure that attendees have the ideal atmosphere to look after and grow their networks.
Lisa Kadah is responsible for organising events such as the Hamburg Aviation Forum, taking care of preparation and wrap-up along with on-site management. She makes sure that attendees have the ideal atmosphere to look after and grow their networks.
Julia Grosser is in charge of PR and marketing campaigns, curates the digital content of the cluster and is the contact person for the digital cooperation platform of the amburg Aviation network, HAv Connect.
Dr. Christian Scherhag is responsible for international relations at Hamburg Aviation. He supervises the internationalization strategy of the cluster and builds partnerships with other aerospace regions.
Anna Maassen runs the central office of EACP (the European Aerospace Cluster Partnership), distributing information from and also within this European network, providing support for project development and the formation of consortia, and organising meetings at international events.
