Quality Association for Organic Mineral Water elects new dual leadership
Dr. Alexander Beck and Dr. Daniel Haussmann take over the Management Board from founder Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger after almost 18 years.
The Qualitätsgemeinschaft Bio-Mineralwasser e.V. has unanimously elected a new board of directors: Dr. Alexander Beck and Dr. Daniel Haussmann now form the dual leadership of the water specialists. They succeed organic pioneer and founding board member Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger in the leadership of the organic association, which is supported by members including Bioland, demeter, Naturland, Biokreis, AÖL and BNN. Ehrnsperger is stepping down after almost 18 years of highly successful work due to his age. However, he will remain associated with the association as a member with his expertise. The successive generational change in the management of the association has been completed with the new appointment to the Executive Board. The first step was the appointment of full-time Managing Director Frank Stieldorf. In October 2025, he took over the operational tasks of mineral water expert and founding member Manfred Mödinger, who has sadly passed away in the meantime.
Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger: "With Dr. Alexander Beck and Dr. Daniel Haussmann, we are gaining two personalities as new board members who have personally supported our joint commitment to pure water and the organic mineral water seal with great dedication for many years. Their expertise complements each other perfectly. Dr. Alexander Beck has already been a very important contact for us in all organic association and guideline issues at both national and European level, while Dr. Daniel Haussmann has been advising us very successfully for over eleven years on all strategic issues relating to communication and politics. We are delighted that these proven experts are now also taking on central tasks for the Quality Association as board members. They know the industry and its specific challenges from the FF. They will continue to develop the Quality Association in close cooperation with our full-time Managing Director Frank Stieldorf and prepare it for the upcoming challenges in the area of sustainable water use."
Dr. Alexander Beck (62) has been managing director of the Association of Organic Food Producers (AöL) for over 25 years, and until last year was also a member of the board. In addition, the doctor of nutritional science and trained farmer with his own organic farm in the Rhön also founded the German Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL) and the consultancy BLQ GmbH, which supports companies on their way to converting to organic farming and production.
As a strategic consultant, Dr. Daniel Haussmann (44) supports numerous corporations, medium-sized companies, associations and public figures in all aspects of external and internal communication. One focus of his work is the food and organic sectors. Before joining a renowned Munich agency and founding his own, Berlin-based Haussmann Strategic Advisory, Dr. Beck, who holds a degree in philosophy and a doctorate in business administration, worked in innovation and communications research at the Free University of Berlin and Stanford University.
Dr. Alexander Beck and Dr. Daniel Haussmann: "We are very pleased with the trust placed in us by the election. Starting with a good idea at the right time, Dr. Franz Ehrnsperger and Manfred Mödinger have made the sustainable preservation of our most important foodstuff the focus of their work. With the founding of the Quality Association and the development of the organic mineral water seal, they have taken a very important step forward in protecting water for this and future generations. This is a great benefit for us all. For this, these pioneers deserve the greatest thanks."
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