WIdO continues to be in a strong position: Helmut Schröder joins the management team, Dr. David Scheller-Kreinsen joins as deputy managing director
18.07.2023 13:30
After Prof. Klaus Jacobs left the management of the AOK Scientific Institute at the beginning of the year, the WIdO is now reorganizing its personnel: From September, Helmut Schröder, previously deputy WIdO managing director, will move to the second managing director position alongside Jürgen Klauber. “We are thus continuing the proven model of dual leadership in the WIdO,” emphasizes the chairwoman of the AOK federal association, Dr. Carola Reimann.
At the same time, Dr. David Scheller-Kreinsen is the new deputy managing director of the WIdO. The 41-year-old hospital expert has been head of the inpatient care and rehabilitation departments in the AOK federal association since 2017. “We are delighted about the addition of such a smart and strategically thinking person. As a renowned research institute for greater quality and efficiency in the healthcare system, the WIdO is well positioned for the future with the current personnel changes,” says Reimann.
David Scheller-Kreinsen, who holds a doctorate in economics and was trained at the London School of Economics and at Georgetown University in Washington DC, among others, is the author of numerous specialist articles on issues relating to the management and financing of the healthcare system. Most recently, he also played a key role in shaping the AOK's professional positioning in the discussion about hospital reform.
Before working at the AOK Federal Association, he worked scientifically at the Technical University of Berlin for several years and then as a project manager at the National Association of Statutory Health Insurance Funds, where he was responsible, among other things, for the development of applications for supply management and for the simulation of change processes in inpatient and outpatient care .
In the WIdO, Scheller-Kreinsen will, among other things, take care of the responsibilities that Klaus Jacobs was previously responsible for and will also contribute his proven hospital expertise.