People  |  12/17/2019

Josef Drexl to take Over Management of the Institute

Regular change of management: Since 1 January 2020 Josef Drexl is Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition.

Professor Josef Drexl, Managing Director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition
Josef Drexl will become Managing Director of the Institute on 1 January

He succeeds Reto M. Hilty, who has been managing the Institute since 2017, and he will hold the position for two years. Josef Drexl has been Director of the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition since 2002. He has served as Managing Director twice before, in 2009/2010 and 2013/2014.


Josef Drexl expresses his sincere gratitude to Reto Hilty for his resilience in acting to the best of the Institute. Reto Hilty did not only excellently prepare and accompany the comparative evaluation of the Institute in 2018, he also contributed to its positive outcome. Under his guidance, the Institute had to face many challenges, and Reto Hilty helped to make first steps for preparing the Institute for its more distant future. Josef Drexl is very much looking forward to building on the achievements of Reto Hilty.