Dominique Ferrero

BASF Coatings GmbH designs, develops, produces, and markets automotive OEM coatings, automotive refinishes, industrial coatings, and decorative paints for customers worldwide. Its automotive OEM coatings include e-coats, primers, basecoats, and clearcoats. The firm also offers commercial transport products for the manufacturers of commercial vehicles, such as agricultural machines, construction machines, earthmovers, buses, tractor trailers, and trailers and railway vehicles; and special-purpose vehicles and bodies, including fire-fighting vehicles, cement mixers, and cattle trucks. The company was founded in 1888 and is headquartered in Munster, Germany.

The Hertie Foundation engages as a private funding association supporting the research and dialogue on the subject of the brain and combatting brain disease. The company was founded by Georg Karg in 1974 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

HORNBACH Management AG is a part of the HORNBACH Holding AG & Co. KGaA conglomerate, which includes HORNBACH Baumarkt AG, a leading German DIY retail company with stores and online sales in Europe. The conglomerate also includes HORNBACH Baustoff Union GmbH, a regional building materials trade company, and HORNBACH Immobilien AG, a real estate and location development company. The company is based in Bornheim, Germany. HORNBACH is a future-oriented, family-run company that values honesty, integrity, and trust. With 169 stores, two specialty stores, 39 building material trade branches, and online shops in nine European countries, the HORNBACH Group is one of the leading companies in the DIY industry. The private company was founded in 2015. Albrecht Hornbach has been the CEO of the company since 2009.