Committee for Developmental Planning and Finances

The Committee for Developmental Planning and Finances

The Committee for Developmental Planning and Finances (abbreviated as KoEFi in German) advises the Executive Board, the Senate, the faculties and other teams and areas within the University. Its focus lies on the distribution of available funds within the University as well as on structural/organisational matters of the University, its overall continued development and how it can be adapted to current needs and requirements.

Topics within the committee’s remit can include, for example, the University Development Plan (abbreviated HEP in German), the annual budget, parameters for distributing funds, and discussions on proposed guidelines or regulations.

Roles and members of the Committee

As an advisory committee, KoEFi usually consults with the Senate or the Executive Board when new plans or decisions are being discussed. Its job is to echo the viewpoints of the affected employee groups at Rhine-Waal University and provide recommendations for improvement, where warranted. When the final drafts and proposals from these discussions are submitted to the Senate for consideration, the committee will issue an official statement to help the Senate make an informed decision.

The duties and the composition of the committee are set forth in Section 9 of HSRW Constitution. Other areas of responsibilities can be defined by the Senate in consultation with the Executive Board. KoEFi usually meets five times per year, but can also arrange extraordinary meetings as needed. Meetings are not open to the public.

The committee is supported in its tasks and duties by the Department of Resources.

The KoEFi committee includes the following members with voting power: seven professors from Rhine-Waal University (currently Prof. Dr Dirk Berndsen, Prof. Dr Joachim Fensterle, Prof. Dr Torsten Niechoj, Prof. Dr Simone Pauling, Prof. Dr Franca Ruhwedel, Prof. Dr Alexander Struck, Prof. Dr Wögen Tadsen); two members of the academic staff (currently Dr Holger Angenent, Roland Grichnik); two members of the non-academic staff (currently Angelina Berisha, Marie Schlump); and two students (currently Noah Bauer, Judith-Kirabo Ingabire).

The chancellor (Dr Annett Schmeck) is also a member of KoEFi, but without voting power.

The president and the Head of the Finance Department regularly attend KoEFi meetings as well. Other members of Rhine-Waal University can also be invited to sessions when additional expertise is needed on specific matters.

_{KoEFi members and regular guests, large photo (from left to right): Peter Kisters, Simone Pauling, Roland Grichnik, Torsten Niechoj, Wögen Tadsen, Angelina Berisha, Franca Ruhwedel, Marie Schlump, Annett Schmeck, Holger Angenent, Nicole Burke, Ingrid Hendricks, and Adem Celik}
_{Screenshots from the video conference (from left to right): Dirk Berndsen, Noah Bauer, Joachim Fensterle, and Alexander Struck}

Chair of the Committee

Prof. Dr. Torsten Niechoj

Economics and Political Science

+49 2842 90825 280

Kamp-Lintfort Campus

Please feel free to contact me by email. If your enquiry relates to a course, please let me know which one you are referring to, briefly explain what it is about, and please use your HSRW email address. I am rarely available by telephone, as I am usually in lectures or meeting rooms, or have deliberately withdrawn to work undisturbed.

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Deputy Chair

Prof. Dr. Franca Ruhwedel

Finance and Accounting

Please send me an email and I will be happy to talk (franca.ruhwedel@hochschule-rhein-waal.de).

+49 2842 90825 398

Kamp-Lintfort Campus

02 02 210

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Franca Ruhwedel has held the Professorship in "Finance and Accounting" at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kamp-Lintfort since 2013. From 2007 to 2013 she was Professor of Accounting and Controlling at FOM University of Applied Sciences in Essen, where she also headed the quality teams and contributed to the university's system accreditation. From 2004 to 2007 she worked in Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions at thyssenkrupp — first in the Corporate Development / M&A department of thyssenkrupp Steel AG in Duisburg, then at group level at thyssenkrupp AG in Essen. Earlier in her career she gained consulting experience at McKinsey & Company in Munich, which she joined as an intern in 1997 and where she subsequently became a member of the "McKinsey College". She earned her doctorate at Ruhr University Bochum, where she was a research associate at the Chair of International Accounting (Prof. Dr. Bernhard Pellens) from 1999 to 2003 and held a doctoral scholarship from the Alwin Reemtsma Foundation. Her path into business began with an apprenticeship at Commerzbank in Münster and internships at Norddeutsche Landesbank in London (Corporate Finance and Treasury) and other financial institutions. Alongside her academic work, Franca Ruhwedel is actively engaged in corporate governance practice. She currently serves on the supervisory boards of United Internet AG, Verve Group SE and thyssenkrupp nucera AG & Co. KGaA, chairing the audit committee in each case.

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