History as a springboard for the future
The Institute for Corporate History and Corporate Future pursues the vision of using the history of companies as a valuable resource for shaping the future. It emphasizes that understanding one’s own history provides companies with decisive arguments for realizing visions and goals in the here and now.
AICHIVE is delighted to have the Institute for Corporate History and Corporate Futures as an exclusive and renowned cooperation and distribution partner. Under the direction of Jelena Mitsiadis and Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohl, the Institute is a leader in the research and documentation of corporate history and at the same time deals with topics of the future. The expertise of the two managing directors deepens the understanding of the historical development of companies and secures their stories for the future. Because only those who know their history can consciously shape the future.
Prof. Dr. Manfred Pohl is the initiator and founder of the Gesellschaft für Unternehmensgeschichte e.V. (GUG) in 1976, the European Association for Banking History e.V. (EABH) in 1990, today’s Frankfurter Kultur Komitee e.V. (1999) and the Frankfurter Zukunftsrat e.V. (2008). He was awarded the European Culture Prize in 2001 and the Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class in 2011 for his achievements in corporate and banking history. He is also an honorary professor of corporate history and corporate culture at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main.
Jelena Mitsiadis is an ethologist and literary scholar. In addition to her work in corporate history and the future, she is Managing Director of the Frankfurter Kultur Komitee e.V. (FRAKK). Her areas of work also include corporate social responsibility (CSR), communication and marketing. She also works as a translator and is fluent in German, Serbian-Croatian, English, French, Spanish, Catalan and Russian. She has been a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Frankfurt am Main General Assembly since 2024.
