The Board
The Board of Directors is composed of five persons. The two chairmen represent the DHyG in all matters. They are supported by a secretary, a treasurer and another board member who coordinates the management of the working groups.
1st chairman
Thomas Dehling
DHyG member since 2000
Surveying engineer
Head of the nautical hydrography department at the BSH in Rostock
2nd chairman
Dr.-Ing. Patrick Westfeld
DHyG member since 2017
Geoscientist
Head of the R&D Department for Hydrography and Geodesy at the BSH in Rostock
Treasurer
Boris Schulze
DHyG member since 2017
Graduate Geophysicist
Sales Manager EMEA for Hypack (Xylem)
HEAD OF WORKING GROUPS
Tanja Dufek
DHyG member since 2009
Surveying engineer
(M.Sc. Geomatik / Hydrographie)
Research assistant at the HafenCity University Hamburg
Secretary
Lars Schiller
DHyG member since 2000
Surveying engineer
(M.Sc. Hydrography)
Technical editor at Zindel AG in Hamburg
Recruitment and training
Ellen Heffner
DHyG member since 2019
surveying engineer
(M.Sc. Geodäsie / Hydrographie)
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der HafenCity Universität Hamburg
The advisory board
The task of the eight members of the Advisory Board is to provide technical advice to the Executive Board and to support it in organizing events. The advisory board members contribute their experience from different professional fields: from industry and commerce, from public authorities, from service companies and professional associations as well as from teaching and universities.
Thorsten Döscher
Advisory Board since 2012 DHyG member since 2002 Surveying engineer Teamleiter Peilerei/Vermessung bei bremenports in Bremerhaven
Jan Haker
Advisory Board since 2020 DHyG member since 1994 Surveying engineer System Sales Manager bei MacArtney Germany GmbH in Kiel
Tina Kunde
Advisory Board since 2018 DHyG member since 2015 Surveying engineer (M.Sc. Geomatik / Hydrography) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin in der Forschungsstelle Küste (NLWKN) auf Norderney
Olaf Lautenschläger
Advisory Board since 2008 DHyG member since 2000 Surveying engineer (M.Sc. Hydrographie) Mitarbeiter bei Kongsberg Maritime in Hamburg
Roland Liebert
Advisory Board since 2016 DHyG member since 1985 Graduate engineer Prokurist bei Geo Ingenieurservice Nord-West
Mona Lütjens
Advisory Board since 2020 DHyG member since 2016 Surveying engineer (M.Sc. Geomatik/ Hydrographie) Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Thomas Thies
Advisory Board since 2008 DHyG member since 2006 Surveying engineer(M.Sc. Hydrography) Leiter der Peildaten- erfassung bei der Hamburg Port Authority (HPA)
Reiner Kastenholz
Advisory Board since 2022
DHyG member since 2021
Surveying engineer
(Dipl.-Ing.)
Fachl. Koordinator Gewässervermessung
im Dezernat Vermessung, Liegenschaften, Geodaten bei der GDWS in Bonn
