President of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. He is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a partner in Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG, a member of the Supervisory Board of Robert Bosch GmbH and a member of the Board of Directors of Ottobock Management SE. From 2011 – 2020, Michael Kaschke was Chairman of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss AG.