The development funds are supported by advisory boards. They supervise the long-term oriented and fair co-operation between WHU, the brain capital team, the students and the capital providers.

Members of the advisory boards are:

• Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Klaus Brockhoff – former dean of WHU and Deputy Chairman of WHU Foundation
• Carsten Kipping – management consultant; WHU Diploma 1996
• Gerhard Klimm – Executive Senior Vice President, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
• Dr. Wilhelm Korfmacher – Managing Director, Versorgungswerk der Wirtschaftsprüfer
• Dr. Hartmut Leser – Chairman Aberdeen Asset Management Deutschland AG
• Dirk Reich – Executive Vice President, Kühne & Nagel; WHU Diploma 1993
• Peter Richter – DWS Holding; Kellogg/WHU EMBA 2005
• Joachim Ringer – Managing Director, Deutsche Bank; WHU Diploma 1996
• Prof. Dr. Markus Rudolf – WHU, Dresdner Bank Chair of Finance; Chairman of the Advisory Board, brain capital
• Patrick Sturm – management consultant; WHU Diploma 1993