Claudia von Schuttenbach

Claudia von Schuttenbach is ZEW's Managing Director. Previously, she was Chancellor of Hochschule Mannheim – University of Applied Sciences, where she oversaw the university and supervised over 380 employees, working alongside the collegiate rectorate under the leadership of the rector. Her main areas of focus included finance, personnel, legal affairs, and construction.

She holds a degree in English with an economic qualification from the University of Mannheim and the University of Łódź in Poland, and she completed postgraduate studies in public administration at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer. From 2005 to 2011, she worked at the University of Mannheim’s Business School. In 2011, Claudia von Schuttenbach transitioned to the role of head of student affairs and university marketing at Hochschule Worms – University of Applied Sciences, where she served as deputy chancellor from 2014 to 2017.