German Cancer Aid headquarters location Bonn
President, Board of Directors and Medias
President of the organization since 2011 is Fritz Pleitgen, author and former leading German correspondent (ARD and WDR) He is elected for five years. Pleitgen succeeded Harald zur Hausen (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2008). He was  the president of the German Cancer Aid in 2010.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Hans-Peter Kraemer (Cologne). He is supported by nine colleagues and cancer experts, including Otmar Wiestler. Managing director since decades is Gerd Nettekoven.
The German Cancer Aid is known for its information department. Outreach director Christiana Tschoepe  is a cancer expert herself. She developed with her team brochures to inform the public regularly about the various types of cancer. All information material on cancer can be accessed free. The press office organises information events and cancer-campaigns, follows the motto "Helping. Researching. Informing." The public relation of the organization supports the German-Transatlantic cooperation to fight cancer.Headquarters and institutions
The headquarters of the German Cancer Aid are located at Busch-Strasse 32, in 53113 Bonn. An additional office is in the German capital Berlin, in order to keep contacts to the government administration and the Parliament. The headquarters in Bonn manage the day-to-day business of the subsidiary organizations. These are:
•Dr. Mildred Scheel Foundation for Cancer Research, founded on February 16, 1976
•Mildred Scheel Kreis e.V., Association, established on November 7, 1977
•Dr. Mildred Scheel Academy of Education and Research GmbH (Cologne), founded on April 30, 1992
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