Governing Boards

The International School Hannover Region is an independent school, which is accredited by the Council of International Schools (CIS) and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) and is a member of the Association of German International Schools (AGIS). It is authorized to teach all three IB (International Baccalaureate) programs, the PYP, the MYP and the IB Diploma. The school is officially recognized as an “Ergänzungsschule” by the state of Lower Saxony.

School Board 2022 – 2023

Martina Rabe
Mirja Kjellgren
Gretchen Schoon-Tanis
Patrick Jacob
Chris Collins
Jenny Lee
Dr. Erhard Schipporeit
Robin Kindler
John Barker
Patrícia Cruz de Almeida

Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Parent Representative
Faculty Representative
Faculty Representative
Chair of the Supervisory Board
Representative of the Förderverein
ex officio, School Director
ex officio, Business Director

Supervisory Board

Dr. Erhard Schipporeit, Chair
Nils Frowein, Vice Chair
Göksel Güner
Torsten Leue
Christian Kötz
Werner M. Bahlsen, Honorary Chair

Chair of the Board of the Förderverein
Chief Executive Officer International of Swiss Life Ltd.
Chief Operations Officer Komatsu Europe International NV
Chief Executive Officer Talanx AG
Member of the Executive Board of Continental AG
Chairman of the Governance Board of Bahlsen GmbH & Co. KG

Shareholders

The companies and institutions listed below have equipped the GmbH with the capital necessary to run the schools operation. They are not entitled to any dividends or interest on their initial investment.

Our school benefits greatly from the support of the companies and institutions listed below. Although they are shareholders of ISHR, they are not entitled to any dividends or interest on their shareholdings.

Governing Boards

School Board 2022 – 2023

Supervisory Board

Shareholders

We gratefully acknowledge the support of: