He is a member of the House of Waldburg, and the eldest son of Alois Graf von Waldburg-Zeil und Trauchburg and his wife Clarissa (née Countess of Schönborn-Wiesentheid).
He initiated a reorganization of the GRC[5][6] to define a strategic framework for the governance of the German Red Cross, a federal system with 400.000 volunteers, 140.000 employees and a gross budget of 6 bn euros per year.
He assumed strategic responsibility over more than 5000 legally independent divisions of the GRC, which comprised over 400.000 volunteers, 150.000 employees and seven billion euros in annual turnover.
As a result, the capital reserves of the GRC Federal Associan could build up to 53 million euros, following years of losses prior to Waldburg-Zeil's tenure.
The 2010plus initiative was presented as a best practice template for large-scale change management projects in external non-profit organizations – such as the Protestant Church of Germany,[9] and the Bertelmann foundation.
Under the initiative of the GRC, the Red Cross Act, which dates back to the Second World War, was completely modernized by the Ministry of Justice and approved by the Bundestag.
In the course of modernizing the German civil service and disaster protection act, Waldburg-Zeil became involved with the Bundestag's forum for future public safety, which eventually became a standalone association.