The Global Nature Fund was founded in 1998 by the capital contributions of Prof. Dr. Gerhard Thielcke, Prof. Dr. Thomas Feske, Jörg Dürr-Pucher, Michael Bauer, Jürgen Resch and Karla Bauer.
According to the statutes of the GNF, the Founders Committee is composed of the original founders and donors. It has the task to accompany the management and to advise the Board of Directors. If a founder or donor is elected to the Board of Directors, he / she loses his / her seat in the Founders Committee during the term of office in the executive committee.
The Founders Committee currently consists of the following persons: