The Oxbridge Society of Hamburg is an informal association of alumni of the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge living in and around Hamburg. The Society’s primary aim is to foster exchange between its several hundred members by holding regular social events.
The Society is run by a voluntary committee consisting of seven people:
Melania Zauri (President) is the Oxford Contact and Wilfried Becker (President) is the Cambridge Contact.
Karsten Wenzlaff (Secretary), Florian Heinemann (Treasurer), Marcus Brüggen, Maximilian Kiener and Nils Kohler (Student Representative) are members of the committee.
Events are open not just to alumni of Oxford and Cambridge, but their partners, family, and guests. Moreover, the Oxbridge Society welcomes those in Hamburg affiliated to prestigious educational institutions from around the world who wish to participate in its activities. For instance, we regularly have joint events with the Harvard Club of Hamburg.
The Society is endorsed by the Alumni Offices of both Universities and adheres to their guidelines. As such, it also recognises its role in acting as an ambassador for the Universities in and around Hamburg.
The Society is in regular contact with other alumni associations in Germany.
The Oxford and Cambridge Society of Hamburg was preceded by the Oxbridge Dining Society of Hamburg from 2010 to 2016; in late 2015, it replaced the Oxford University Society of Hamburg as the official alumni association for the University of Oxford in Hamburg and northern Germany.
Below is a list of all previous and current Committee Members. We are grateful for their contribution to the Society.
Alexander Sandkamp – 2020–2025: Committee Member
Andreas Poensgen – 2016–2020: Committee Member, Treasurer (2016–2020)
Brian Melican – 2015–2022: Committee Member, President (2015–2022)
David Magezi – 2018–2022: Committee Member, President (2021–2022)
Ece Alkan – 2025: Committee Member, Student Representative (2025)
Eliza Charalampidou – 2022: Committee Member, President (2022)
Florian Heinemann – 2017–now: Committee Member, Treasurer (2021–now)
Götz Triebel – 2017–2022: Committee Member
Johanna Claas – 2020–2022: Committee Member
Johannes Hushahn – 2015: Founder of the Society (2015); Founder of the Oxbridge Dining Society in Hamburg
Jwani Jube – 2024-2025: Committee Member
Karsten Wenzlaff – 2023–now: Committee Member, Secretary (2023–now)
Marcus Brüggen – 2026–now: Committee Member
Maximilian Kiener – 2026–now: Committee Member
Melania Zauri – 2023–now: Committee Member, President (2023–now)
Miriam Künzel – 2022–2025: Committee Member
Nils Kohler – 2026–now: Committee Member, Student Representative (2026–now)
Nils Seebach – 2015–2025: Committee Member, President (2015); Founder of the Oxbridge Dining Society in Hamburg
Soha El Agouz – 2015–2022: Committee Member, President (2016–2020)
Tobias Franz – 2024-2025: Committee Member, Events Officer (2025)
Wilfried Becker – 2021–now: Committee Member, President (2023–now)
Zorica Jovanovic – 2015: Committee Member, President (2015)
