University Board

After obtaining his university entrance qualification, Frank Albe (born in 1964) studied Business Sciences and Politics in Braunschweig. Following his Intermediate Diploma (Vordiplom), he transferred to Göttingen, completing his  degree as a Graduate in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann). After completing his doctorate, Prof. Albe moved to TUI GmbH & Co. KG, where he eventually became head of the TUI Group's Investment Controlling and was responsible for tour operators in Central Europe  and hotel and resort investments.

Since the year 2000, Frank Albe has held a professorship in General Business Administration at PFH, specialising in Tourism Management and Controlling. In 2003, he was elected to the office of Vice-President and in autumn 2014, he was elected President of the University. In addition to the President's inherent authority to issue directives, he is responsible in particular for the areas of research and transfer of knowledge.

Anja Christina Lepach-Engelhardt (born Lepach in 1975) studied Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology at the University of Bremen. While pursuing her doctorate, she completed further training as a Clinical Neuropsychologist (GNP) in Würzburg. Until 2010, she worked at the Psychological Children's Outpatient Clinic in Bremen, where she headed the Neuropsychology Department for six years. From 2007, she was a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Diagnostics, later becoming module coordinator for Biological Psychology. She was actively involved in university committee work at the University of Bremen and worked there as a lecturer from 2010. In 2011, she received the Berninghausen Prize for outstanding teaching. 

Since 2015, she has been a Professor of Developmental and Educational Psychology at PFH and is active in various committees. At PFH, she continues to pursue her interests in the cognitive, emotional and social aspects of healthy development in a variety of projects. In June 2025, Prof. Lepach-Engelhardt was appointed Vice President of Academic Studies and Teaching at PFH.

Marc Siebert (born 1971) studied general mechanical engineering at the University of Kassel and worked for several years in development for various companies in the bicycle industry. From 2001 to 2008, he worked as a research assistant at the Institute for Materials Technology at the University of Kassel. At that time, he founded SPIN Siebert & Schörner GbR, a company for the development and manufacture of ultra-light bicycle frames and components made from fibre-reinforced plastics.

In 2006, he received his doctorate from the University of Kassel. From that point on, he held a two-year teaching position at the University of Kassel in the field of ‘Composite Materials and Material Composites in Sports Equipment and Rehabilitaion Equipment Construction´. He has been a professor at PFH since November 2008. Prof. Siebert was appointed Vice President for Technology at PFH in June 2025.