Nikolaus Turner

Managing Director – Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings

Nikolaus Turner is Managing Director and Member of the Executive Board of the Foundation Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings. Since 2009, he has focused on the development of the internationalization of the Lindau Meetings and their participants, and on securing the independence of this forum.

Between 1992 and 2009, he held the position of Managing Director of the Kester-Haeusler-Stiftung, a non-profit foundation, supporting sciences, research and the arts. In addition, he continues to remain active as honorary Treasurer of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.

Turner therefore contributes to further enhancing the cooperation between both the Foundation and the Council, which organize the unique encounters between Nobel Laureates and highly talented young scientists from all over the world. He is also a board member of several foundations and non-profit organizations.

He received the Federal Cross of Merit from Germany’s Federal President for his commitment in April 2008.