Supervisory Board Our Supervisory Board consists of 14 people. They are appointed by our shareholders (GVL and Deutscher Musikrat) and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. The members cover the broad spectrum of the music industry in Germany. With the new members appointed in 2022, emphasis was placed on increasing the number of creative professionals, thus once again focusing on the needs of artists. © Christoph Petras Birgit Böcher managing director Deutscher Musikverleger-Verband e.V. © Christoph Petras Martin Eifler Music Department K22 for the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media Frank Fischer Department VIB5 – Culture and Creative Industries, Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection © ChristophPetras Prof. Dieter Gorny Member of the Executive Board of the German Music Council Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Initiative Musik © BVMI/Markus Nass Sigrid Herrenbrueck Head of Press and Public Relations, Bundesverband Musikindustrie @ Bella Lieberberg Balbina Jagielska Singer, Composer and Songwriter © Christoph Petras Dr. Nathalie Schierloh Music Department K22 for the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Initiative Musik © Paola Vertemati Pamela Schobess Political spokeswoman LiveMusikKommission e.V., operator Gretchen Berlin Karo Schrader Songwriter © Michael Reinhardt Detlef Tiemann singer, chairman of the GuDV © Christoph Petras Sara Torchani Artist Management, Creative Director, Consultant © Janine Kuehn Lisa Tuyala Cultural Manager (Kulturkabinett e.V.), Musician, Co-Initiator Women* of Music © Stefan Wieland Dr. Ralf Weigand Composer and producer, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GEMA, Managing Director of PLAN 1 MEDIA GmbH & Co. KG © Christoph Petras Dr. Birte Wiemann Chairwoman of the Board, VUT – Verband unabhängiger Musikunternehmer*innen e.V., Project Manager at Cargo Records GmbH