Dr. Hatem Elliesie, MLE (Chairperson of the executive committee)
Group Leader at the Department 'Law and Anthropology' of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2001
- Member of the executive committee since 2005
- Member of the editorial board of the journal
- Chairperson of the executive committee since 2023

Dr. Katrin Seidel (Deputy chairperson of the Executive Committee)
Researcher at the Department "Law and Anthropology" of the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle (Saale)
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2006
- Member of the executive committee since 2013

Dr. Oliver Meinecke, Lic. en droit (Member of the executive committee, responsible for networking with development cooperation organisations)
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Roles in the association:
- Member since 1998
- Member of the executive committee 2010
- Secretary-general from 2004 - 2009
- Treasurer from 2000 - 2003

Prof. Dr. Hartmut Hamann (Member of the executive committee, responsible for the journal)
Lawyer in Stuttgart (Hamann Rechtsanwälte); Lecturer at the Free University Berlin and at the Technical University Chemnitz
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2004
- Member of the executive committee since 2013
- Member of the editoral board of the journal

Dr. Wieland Lehnert, LL.M. (Member of the executive committee, responsible for internet)
Lawyer (Becker Büttner Held), Legal advisor on renewable energies
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2004
- Member of the executive committee since 2014

Prof. Dr. Thilo Marauhn (Member of the executive committee, responsible for networking with international organisations)
Professor at the Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2004
- Member of the executive committee since 2010
- Chairperson of the Executive Committee from 2009 to 2013

Dr. Dirk Otto, LL.M. (Member of the executive committee, financial officer)
Lawyer (Denk Rechtsanwälte)
Roles in the association:
- Member since 1992
- Member of the executive committee since 1997

Secretary-general

Nils Bruckhuisen (Member of the executive committee)
Lawyer in Cologne, Advisor in cooperation with GMM Advocates (Nairobi)
Roles in the association
- Member since 2016
- Member of the executive committee sinc 2019

Treasurer 

Kimon Haars (treasurer)
Jurist, The Owners Forum GmbH
Roles in the association:
- Member since 2010
- Secretay-general from 2013 to 2016
- Treasurer since 2017