Rainer Pollack
Business Director
Biography
Born in 1970 in Hausach
Short biography
Rainer Pollack has been Commercial Director of the Goethe-Institut since 2017. He studied at the University of Public Administration in Kehl and subsequently worked as an auditor and head of the district audit office of the district of Erding. From 2001 to 2017, Rainer Pollack worked at the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)/General Administration, Munich, first as an auditor, then as Head of Planning and Execution for the MPG general budget. From 2009 until his move to the Goethe-Institut, he was Head of Department Central Services.
Education and career:
Short biography
Rainer Pollack has been Commercial Director of the Goethe-Institut since 2017. He studied at the University of Public Administration in Kehl and subsequently worked as an auditor and head of the district audit office of the district of Erding. From 2001 to 2017, Rainer Pollack worked at the Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)/General Administration, Munich, first as an auditor, then as Head of Planning and Execution for the MPG general budget. From 2009 until his move to the Goethe-Institut, he was Head of Department Central Services.
- 1990–1994: Internship with the city of Hausach/Ortenau district and degree in public administration from the University of Applied Sciences, Kehl
- 1994–2001: Auditor and head of municipal auditing office, Erding district, Erding
- 2001–2003: Auditor in internal auditing, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science (MPG)/Administrative Headquarters, Munich
- 2003–2009: Head of planning and implementation for MPG overall budget and general policy matters, MPG/Administrative Headquarters, Munich
- 2009–2017: Head of central services, MPG/Administrative Headquarters, Munich
- Since 1 September 2017: Executive director and member of the board of Goethe-Institut
