Back to the overview
Corporate News - Persons

Oliver Hermes joins TU Dortmund University Council

17.02.2023
The Technical University of Dortmund has appointed the new members of the University Council. Deputy Minister Katrin Linssen presented the appointment certificates to the members of the TU Dortmund University Council on behalf of the Minister for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Ina Brandes. This honour was also bestowed on Oliver Hermes, President & CEO of the Wilo Group.
Oliver Hermes joins TU Dortmund University Council

The new TU Dortmund University Council (from left): Prof. Karin Lochte, Elke Niermann, Dr. Joann Halpern, Oliver Hermes, Prof. Johanna Weber, Dr. Hendrik Neumann, Isabel Rothe and Prof. Joachim Treusch. Image: Oliver Schaper/TU Dortmund (Image source: WILO SE)

“I would like to thank the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia for placing its confidence in me. I am very much looking forward to this new task. In performing my duties, I will do my utmost to help shape the successful cooperation between science, business and society”, emphasises Hermes.

University council advises rectorate
The TU Dortmund University Council has a total of eight external members. The council has existed since the reform of the Higher Education Act in 2007. It advises the rector’s office and supervises its management. The tasks of the University Council include the election of the rector, the approval of the university development plan and business plan as well as the establishment of the annual financial statements. The members are appointed by the Ministry of Culture and Science for a term of five years after the Senate has confirmed the list.

Source: WILO SE

More articles on this topic

Water Resilience Coalition: Wilo Calls for the Implementation of “A Real Water Revolution”
Cooperations - Corporate News

Water Resilience Coalition: Wilo Calls for the Implementation of “A Real Water Revolution”

29.10.2025 -

The Wilo Group is calling for water resilience measures to be implemented more rapidly. Together with numerous other global market leaders, the water technology group has signed the “Business Leaders’ Open Call to Accelerate Action on Water”. The public appeal was initiated by the Water Resilience Coalition of the CEO Water Mandate, an initiative founded by the UN Secretary-General and the UN Global Compact.

Read more
Wilo Industry Conference in Venice: AI Innovations for a “European Water Transition”
Events - Exhibitions + Conferences

Wilo Industry Conference in Venice: AI Innovations for a “European Water Transition”

05.09.2025 -

Under the title of “Water – Shaping the Future”, leading representatives from the science, political and business sectors gathered together in Venice for the annual Wilo industry conference. Invited to attend by the multinational water technology group, various experts discussed the key challenges they face in dealing with this increasingly scarce resource and the ways in which they could respond to them.

Read more