Harald Uphoff has been managing director of the foundation since September 2021. In November 2022 he was appointed chairman of supervisory board of Bündnis Bürgerenergie (BBEn). The biologist was deputy managing director of the German Renewable Energy Federation (BEE) and at the same time managing director of the Bundesverband Deutscher Wasserkraftwerke e. V. (BDW), a member association of the BEE. Most recently, Harald Uphoff was head of the conflict avoidance department at the Kompetenzzentrum Naturschutz und Energiewende. As a mediator and moderator, professionally implemented participation processes in renewable energy projects are particularly important to him. This is the only way to achieve the necessary rapid expansion of renewable energies in the future.