f.l.t.r. Christiaan Mol, Wolfgang Gutberlet, Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, Pirkko Ollilainen, Dr. Marcus Roggatz
Not shown in the group photograph: Dr. Philip Lettmann
Wolfgang Gutberlet
Born in Fulda (Germany) in 1944, Wolfgang Gutberlet studied in Saarbrücken and Würzburg, graduating with a degree in business administration. From 1973 to 2009/2012, he held the position of CEO and partner at Tegut. Since 2013, he has been a partner and chairman of the supervisory board of the Fulda-based foundation W-E-G Stiftung & Co. KG.
Wolfgang Gutberlet is a member of various supervisory boards, as well as the executive board of the Research Institute for Biological Agriculture (FiBL). He has won several awards, including Eco-Manager of the Year 2005 and Entrepreneur of the Year 2007. In 2008, he was presented with the German Sustainability Award and the Federal Cross of Merit.
Wolfgang Gutberlet was appointed to the WALA Foundation’s board in 2005.
Dr. Philip Lettmann
Born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in 1965, Dr. Philip Lettmann studied Business Administration in Cologne, Paris, Oxford and Berlin. He headed the Finance department of the French subsidiary of a German medical technology producer and was investment manager and deputy CEO at a private equity company specialising in SME financing. From August 2004 until the end of June 2020, he worked for WALA Heilmittel GmbH, where he took over at the helm of the Infrastructure & Supply division in 2006 and went on to become Managing Director in January 2008. He joined the Board of the WALA Foundation effective 1 July 2020.
2015, Dr. Philip Lettmann was elected to the Supervisory Board of the GLS Bank and has been its Chairman since March 2019. He regularly speaks on questions relating to the deployment of finance in “steward-owned companies”.
Christiaan Mol
Christiaan Mol studied pharmacy in Milan and Parma (Italy). In 1996 he joined WALA Heilmittel GmbH, where he most recently headed the group Public & Legal Affairs.
From 2013 to 2019 he was the General Secretary of the industry association ECHAMP (European Coalition on Homeopathic and Anthroposophic Medicinal Products). He is a member of the manufacturing committee of the German Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (GHP) and board member of the International Association of Anthroposophic Pharmacists (IAAP).
Christiaan Mol was appointed a WALA Foundation board member in 2018.
Pirkko Ollilainen
Pirkko Ollilainen was born in 1954 in the city of Nurmes in the Finnish region of North Karelia on the Russian border. After finishing school, she trained at an anthroposophical treatment institute where she learned about eurythmy. She then studied eurythmy for two years in Ringwood, Great Britain, as well as for two years at Else Klink (Eurythmeum Stuttgart) and completed a qualification in healing eurythmy. In 1976, Pirkko Ollilainen began work as a practitioner at the newly founded Filderklinik, where she was a member of the clinic management team for many years.
Thanks to a close professional relationship with Heinz-Hartmut Vogel, an anthroposophical doctor and long-standing WALA shareholder, Pirkko Ollilainen formed a link with WALA. This, together with her in-depth understanding of anthroposophical treatment and extensive management experience, led to her being appointed to the WALA Foundation's board on 1 January 2017.
Dr. Marcus Roggatz
Marcus Roggatz was born in 1957 in Badenweiler (Germany). He studied medicine from 1975 to 1982 in Cologne, Mainz, Heidelberg, Oxford, Tübingen, Vienna and Freiburg, eventually graduating in Freiburg. After training for several years at various anthroposophical hospitals, he established himself in 1990 as an anthroposophical medical practitioner in Hamburg. In 1991, he took up an additional post as school doctor at a Waldorf school in Hamburg. In 1999 he moved his practice to Freiburg im Breisgau. From 1999 to 2002, he performed additional work in an establishment for child and adolescent psychiatry. As a long-standing medical adviser for WALA, he was appointed a member of the WALA Foundation in 1996. Marcus Roggatz is married and has four children.
Dr. Wolfgang Schuster
Dr. Wolfgang Schuster was born on the island of Pellworm near Husum (Germany). He studied biology and medicine in Hohenheim and Tübingen, receiving his medical license in 1980 and his doctorate in medicine in 1982. He completed surgical training at various hospitals in Stuttgart and became an accredited surgeon in 1986. This was followed by two years working as a surgeon. In 1990, after attending the Anthroposophical Medical Seminary at the Fildner Hospital, he set up a general practice together with his wife Renate Baumgärtner-Schuster. In 1996 he received accreditation as a general practitioner. In 1992 he was appointed a member of the WALA Foundation, where he currently serves as Chairman of the Board.