At its fall meeting on November 6, 2025, the senate of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft unanimously re-elected Hildegard Müller, President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA), as chair of the senate. Her term will begin on January 1, 2026. The committee also confirmed Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, and elected Anna-Katharina Wittenstein, Member of the Supervisory Board of Wittenstein SE, as deputy chairs of the senate. Both will take office on January 1, 2026.