Management Board

The European XFEL management board is composed of its chairperson and the administrative director, both being managing directors (“Geschäftsführer”) in the sense of the German law on companies with limited liability (GmbH), and three scientific directors.

Members

Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board Prof. Dr. Thomas Feurer
Managing and Administrative Director Dr. Nicole Elleuche
Scientific Director Prof. Dr. Serguei Molodtsov
Scientific Director Dr. Sakura Pascarelli
Scientific Director Dr. Thomas Tschentscher

European XFEL Management Board (from left to right): Dr. Thomas Tschentscher, Dr. Nicole Elleuche, Dr. Sakura Pascarelli, Prof. Dr. Serguei Molodtsov, Prof. Dr. Thomas Feurer (Chairman since 1.1.2024)

Roles

The Managing Director and Chairman of the Management Board

is the leader of the Management Board and

has the overall responsibility in all scientific, technical, and organizational matters
is the public representative of the Management Board and the company
coordinates the work of the Management Board
regularly calls and chairs meetings of the Management Board
acts as the primary contact at the company for members of the Council and its committees as well as the shareholders
prepares draft agendas for Council meetings in consultation with the chairperson of the Council
requests extraordinary meetings of the Council if it is required in the interest of the company
appoints chief representatives (“Generalbevollmächtigte”) for the company
is responsible for technical safety and security

The Managing and Administrative Director

is in charge of:

legal and financial issues
procurement
general services
personnel and recruitment

The Scientific Directors

are responsible for scientific and technical matters, in particular:

the organization of the design, construction, commissioning and operation of all undulator systems for the European XFEL
defining the diagnostics requirements for commissioning and operation of the undulator systems
the liaison with the European XFEL Machine Advisory Committee and the DESY Accelerator Division
the design, construction, commissioning and operation of the photon beam systems (including optics, beam transport, diagnostics and detectors), the instrumentation and the experiment environment (including optical lasers)
the establishment of the scientific programme of the European XFEL
the liaison with the European XFEL Scientific Advisory Committee
follow-up of civil engineering
beamline and experiment controls
overall data acquisition
technical groups (including mechanical and electronics workshops, technical support and computing services/IT) and
development and administration of a user programme for the facility