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 1975) studied psychology with a focus on clinical psychology, at the University of Bremen, where she also obtained her doctorate. While pursuing her doctorate, she completed postgraduate training as a clinical neuropsychologist (GNP) in Würzburg. Until 2010, she worked in the psychological outpatient clinic for children at the Centre for Clinical Psychology and Rehabilitation at the University of Bremen. While there, she she also served as head of the neuropsychology department.

In 2007, she became a postdoctoral researcher at the Chair of Clinical Psychology and Diagnostics, two years after which she took on responsibility for the Biological Psychology module. In 2010, she was appointed lecturer in the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Bremen. In 2011, she was awarded the Berninghausen Prize for outstanding teaching.

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.