Liz Mohn is vice chairwoman of the executive board of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. It is her responsibility to shape the international reputation of the Bertelsmann Stiftung as a leading institution for reform.

As early as 1999, Mrs. Mohn was appointed a member of the Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (BVG). BVG’s mandate is to ensure continuity in Bertelsmann AG’s development and to manage the shareholder interest of the non-profit Bertelsmann Stiftung and of the Mohn family. She has been chairwoman of the board of BVG since 2002, and as a family spokeswoman she represents the interests of the Mohn family amongst the Bertelsmann AG’s Shareholders. Addition to her other positions at Bertelsmann AG, she is also a member of the supervisory board.

Mrs. Mohn played an active and responsible role in developing the Bertelsmann Stiftung founded by her husband in 1977. She heads the Center of Excellence for Corporate Culture and Management, and the cultural projects carried out by the Stiftung. The International Cultural Dialogs initiated by Mrs. Mohn and the Bertelsmann Stiftung aim to promote open dialog about cultural topics, tolerance, and understanding.

Together with her husband Reinhard Mohn, she represents the fifth generation of the Bertelsmann media company. Mrs. Mohn sees it as her particular mandate to safeguard the long-term continuance and evolution of Bertelsmann’s corporate culture.

Mrs. Mohn has been president of the international “Neue Stimmen” (“New Voices”) singing competition since 1987. In 1993, she set up the German Stroke Foundation, which is dedicated to educating people about the early warning symptoms and risk factors associated with strokes.