bureau

Dr. Peter Merten

President

Hauke Hasselbring

Vice President

Marc Hindelang

Vice President

Lutz Michel

Vice President

Office

Christian Künast

Sports Board

Gisela Knöferl

Secretariat of the Executive Board & Supervisory Board

Nicholas Rausch

Deputy Secretary General | Head of Marketing, Commercialization & Events

Marketing, Commercialization, Event & Communication

Nicholas Rausch

Deputy Secretary General | Head of Marketing, Commercialization & Events

Isabell Schwirtz

Senior Manager Marketing & Commercialization

Liz-Elaine Stange

Junior Marketing Manager

Niklas Stocker

Event Manager

Matthias Scholze

Communication

Tatjana Eichele

Consultant for association communications, press and public relations

Marceline Amlow

Junior speaker communication & social media

Sport

Christian Künast

Sports Board

Karl Schwarzenbrunner

Federal Trainer for Science & Training, Prevention of Sexual Violence

Collin Danielsmeier

Coach training & club support speaker

Ronja Jenike

Competitive Sports Officer Women

Thorsten Licht

Sports Administration & Competitive Sports Officer Men

Julia Graunke

Head of Team Management

Julius Werner

Assistant Team Management

Florian Ondruschka

Head Coach Talent/Club Support

Game operations

Jonas Schwarzfischer

Head of gaming operations

Manfred Lang

League leader DFEL & DEB-Young talent game operation

Karin Frauenrieder

Head of passport office, contact person for trainer training and further education

Manuela Gröger-Schneider

Head of Refereeing

Lars Brüggemann

Refereeing & trainee program

2027 Ice Hockey World Championship Organizing Company 

Claus Gröbner

Managing Director

Panagiotis Christakakis

Director Sales Marketing and Organization

Mathias Fritz

Assistant to the management