Supervisory Board

Dr. Paul Achleitner

• Position

  Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

• Career

  since 2012

  Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft

  2000 – 2012

  Member of the Management Board, Allianz SE (formerly Allianz AG)

  1994 – 1999

  Managing Partner, Goldman Sachs & Co. OHG, Frankfurt (and Partner, Goldman Sachs Group)

  1989 – 1994

  Executive Director, Investment Banking, Goldman Sachs International, London

  1988 – 1989

  Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, Goldman Sachs & Co., New York

  1984 – 1988

  Manager, strategy consulting, Bain & Co., Boston

• Education

  1980 - 1983

  Doctorate (Dr. rer. Pol.), University of St. Gallen

  1982 - 1984

  ISP, Harvard Business School

  1976 - 1980

  First degree in Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences (lic. oec.), University of St. Gallen

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen
  

Detlef Polaschek*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG
  Member of the General Staff Council of Deutsche Bank

• Career

  Since 2006

  Member of the General Staff Council, Deutsche Bank AG and DB Privat- und Firmenkundenbank AG (formerly: Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG)

  Since 1998

  Exempted Staff Council member, DB Privat- und Firmenkundenbank AG, Essen (formerly: Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG), (until 2000 in Deutsche Bank AG)

  2017 - 2018

  Member of the Supervisory Board and Audit Committee, Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG, Frankfurt am Main

  1991 - 1998

  Head of “Investment Management for Corporate Clients”, Deutsche Bank AG, Essen

  1991 - 1996

  Department Head, Bond Trading, Deutsche Bank AG, Essen

  1992

  Granted power of attorney (Prokura)

  1981 - 1991

  Employee in branch back-office support (proprietary trading in fixed-income securities), Investments Department, Deutsche Bank AG, Essen

  1989

  Appointment as bank official (Oberbeamter)

  1981 - 1981

  Civil service in lieu of military service, Workers’ Welfare Association

  1979 - 1980

  Securities advisor, Investments Department, Deutsche Bank AG, Essen

• Education

  1976 - 1979

  Bank apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG, Essen

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Ludwig Blomeyer-Bartenstein*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Spokesperson of the Management and Head of the Market Region Bremen of Deutsche Bank AG

• Career

  since 2016

  Spokesperson of the Management and Head of the Market Region Bremen of Deutsche Bank AG, Bremen

  2013 – 2016

  Spokesperson of the Management and Head of the Corporate Clients Region Weser / East Westphalia, Deutsche Bank AG, Bremen

  2006 – 2013

  Spokesperson of the Management and Head of the Corporate Clients Region Weser / Ems, Deutsche Bank AG, Bremen

  2003 – 2006

  Head of the Market Region Bergisches Land, Deutsche Bank AG

  2001 – 2003

  Head of the Corporate Clients Coverage Unit, Deutsche Bank AG, Cologne

  2000 – 2001

  Project management work, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main

  1995 – 2000

  Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank Rt., Budapest, Hungary

  1993 – 1995

  Branch Manager, Deutsche Bank AG, Wolfsburg

  1991 – 1993

  Branch Manager, Deutsche Bank AG, Wolfenbüttel

  1988 – 1991

  Assistant to the Management Board and authorised signatory (Prokurist), Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main

  1986 – 1988

  Corporate Clients department, Deutsche Bank AG, London, UK

  1983 – 1986

  Branch Loan Office, Deutsche Bank AG, Munich

  1983

  Graduate Training Course, European Asian Bank – Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore

  1982 – 1983

  Loan and Corporate Client department, Deutsche Bank AG, Munich and Augsburg

• Education

  1980 – 1982

  Bank apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG, Munich

  1979

  Bachelor of Arts, ANU, Australia

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Frowein & Co. Beteiligungs AG, Wuppertal

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Board of Directors of Bürgschaftsbank Bremen GmbH, Bremen

Frank Bsirske*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Supervisory Board Member

• Career

  2001 – 2019

  Chairman of the trade union ver.di

  2000 – 2001

  Chairman of the trade union ÖTV (Gewerkschaft Öffentliche Dienste, Transport und Verkehr)

  1997 – 2000

  City Councillor, Department of Personnel and Organisation, Hanover

  1991 – 1997

  Deputy Chairman of ÖTV for the region of Lower Saxony

  1990 – 1991

  Deputy manager of the ÖTV's administrative offices for the district of Hanover

  1989 – 1990

  Secretary of the ÖTV's administrative offices for the district of Hanover

  1987 – 1989

  Member of staff for the "Green Alternative Civic List" (Grüne Alternative Bürgerliste) in the City Council of Hanover

  1978 – 1987

  Education secretary in the Hanover district of the socialist youth group "Sozialistische Jugend Deutschlands – Die Falken"

• Education

  1971 – 1978

  Degree in Political Science, Scholarship from the Hans Böckler Foundation

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  RWE AG (Deputy Chairman)
  innogy SE (Deputy Chairman)

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Mayree Clark

• Position

  Supervisory Board member

• Career

  2011 - 2016

  Founder and Managing Partner, Eachwin Capital, New York, USA

  2006 - 2011

  Partner and Member of Executive Committee / Senior Advisor, AEA Holdings / Aetos Capital, New York, USA

  1981 - 2005

  Managing Director, Morgan Stanley, New York, USA; Served as Director of Global Private Wealth Management; Global Research Director; Chairman of MSCI; deputy to the Chairman, President and Management Committee; Head of Real Estate Capital Markets; Principal, International Capital Markets; Operations Officer, Corporate Finance; and Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions

• Education

  1981

  Stanford Graduate School of Business (MBA)

  1976

  University of Southern California (Bachelor of Science)

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Board of Directors, Ally Financial, Inc., Detroit, USA
  
  
  

Jan Duscheck*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Head of national working group Banking, trade union ver.di

• Career

  Since 2016

  Head of national working group Banking, trade union ver.di

  2013 ‒ 2015

  National youth secretary, trade union ver.di

  2008 ‒ 2013

  Trade union secretary for youth to the national executive board, trade union ver.di

  2007 ‒ 2008

  Exempted member of the staff council, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

  2003 – 2008

  Member of the youth and trainee representatives, since 2004 Chairman, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

• Education

  2002 – 2005

  Apprenticeship as healthcare professional and paediatric nurse, Universitätsklinikum Leipzig AöR

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  none

• Memberships in comparable boards

  none

Dr. Gerhard Eschelbeck

• Position

  Chief Information Security Officer of Aurora Innovation, Inc.

• Career

  Since 2020Chief Information Security Officer of Aurora Innovation, Inc., Palo Alto, USA
  2014 – 2019

  Vice President Security & Privacy Engineering, Google Inc, California, USA

  2011 – 2014

  Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President, Sophos Group plc, United Kingdom

  2006 – 2011

  Chief Technology Officer & Senior Vice President Engineering, Webroot Inc, California, USA

  2001 – 2005

  Chief Technology Officer & Vice President Engineering, Qualys Inc, California, USA

  1999 – 2001

  Amersham PLC, UK (acquired by General Electric)

  • President Amersham Health and Member, Board of Directors, UK
  • Chief Operating Officer and Member, Board of Directors, UK
  1997 – 1999

  Vice President Engineering, McAfee Associates, California, USA

• Education

  2000

  Habilitation (postdoctoral lecturer qualification) – Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

  1993 – 1996

  PhD – Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

  1988 – 1993

  Master of Science – Computer Science, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Board of Directors, Onapsis Inc., Boston, USA
  Member of the Board of Directors, WootCloud Inc., California, USA

Sigmar Gabriel

• Position

  Former German Federal Government Minister

• Career

  Since 2019

  Senior Advisor, Eurasia Group, New York, USA

  Since 2018

  Partner, self-employed advisor, Speech Design SGL GbR, Berlin

  2017 – 2018

  Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs, Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

  2013 – 2016

  Federal Minister, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin

  2013 – 2018

  Vice Chancellor, German Federal Government, Berlin

  2009 – 2013

  SPD Chairman, SPD Political Party Headquarters, Berlin

  2005 – 2009

  Federal Minister, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Reactor Safety, Berlin

  2005 – 2019

  Member of the SPD Parliamentary Group, German Bundestag, Berlin 

  2003 – 2005

  Leader of the SPD Parliamentary Group, State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Hanover

  1999 – 2003

  Minister President, Government of Lower Saxony, Hanover 

  1991 – 1999

  Member of the Town Council, Goslar 

  1990 – 2005Member of the State Parliament, State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Hanover
  
  1989 – 1990

  Lecturer for adult education, Lower Saxony Adult Education Centre (Volkshochschule), Goslar 

  1987 – 1998

  Member of the District Parliament, District of Goslar 

• Education

  1987 – 1989

  Secondary State Exam, Secondary School Teacher Qualification, German Studies and Political Science, University of Göttingen

  1982 – 1987

  First State Exam, Teacher training, German, Literature, Politics and Sociology, University of Göttingen

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  GP Günter Papenburg AG
  Siemens Energy AG

   

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Timo Heider*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Chairman of the General Staff Council of BHW Bausparkasse AG / Postbank Finanzberatung AG,
  Chairman of the General Staff Council of PCC Services GmbH der Deutschen Bank,
  Chairman of the Staff Council of BHW Bausparkasse AG, PCC Services GmbH der Deutschen Bank, Postbank Finanzberatung AG and BHW Holding GmbH,
  Deputy Chairman of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Bank AG

• Career

  since 2014

  Chairman of the General Staff Council of PCC Services GmbH der Deutschen Bank (formerly: BHW Kreditservice GmbH)

  2011 – 2018

  Chairman of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Postbank AG

  since 2009

  Chairman of the General Staff Council of BHW Bausparkasse AG / Postbank Finanzberatung AG

  2008 – 2010

  Deputy Chairman of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Post AG

  since 2006

  Chairman of the Staff Council of BHW Bausparkasse AG, PCC Services GmbH der Deutschen Bank (formerly: BHW Kreditservice GmbH), Postbank Finanzberatung AG and BHW Holding GmbH

  since 2002

  Exempted Staff Council member in Hameln

  1999 – 2002

  Credit administrator at BHW Bausparkasse AG

  1995

  Document management administrator at BHW Bausparkasse AG

• Education

  1996 – 1999

  Training as an office administrator (Bürokaufmann) at BHW Bausparkasse AG

  1992 – 1995

  Training as an electronic specialist for energy systems at BHW Bausparkasse AG

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  BHW Bausparkasse AG (Deputy Chairman)

  PCC Services GmbH der Deutschen Bank (Deputy Chairman)

   

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Pensionskasse der BHW Bausparkasse AG VVaG (Deputy Chairman)
  

Martina Klee*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Deputy Chairperson of the Staff Council PWCC Center Frankfurt of Deutsche Bank

• Career

  since 2018

  Deputy Chairperson of the Staff Council PWCC Center Frankfurt of Deutsche Bank

  since 2010

  General Staff Council member, Group Staff Council member, European Staff Council member and Chairperson of the Economic Committee, Deutsche Bank

  2003 – 2018

  Chairperson of the Staff Council Group COO Eschborn/Frankfurt, Deutsche Bank

  since 2001

  Exempted Staff Council member, General Staff Council member and Economic Committee member

  2000 – 2001

  Deutsche Bank, Quality Assurance

  1992 – 2000

  Deutsche Bank, Foreign Payments Fund Manager

• Education

  Business Administrator for Industry and Application Programmer
  Studies Political Science and Romance Languages in Marburg, Kassel and Lyon

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Sterbekasse für die Angestellten der Deutschen Bank Gruppe VVa.G.

Henriette Mark*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Member of the Staff Council Southern Bavaria, of the General Staff Council and of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Bank 

• Career

  since 2006

  Member of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Bank

  1998 – 2021

  Chairperson of the Staff Council of Southern Bavaria of Deutsche Bank

  2006 – 2014

  Member of the European Staff Council at Deutsche Bank

  2010 – 2014

  Chairperson of the European Staff Council of Deutsche Bank

  since 1998

  Member of the Staff Council of Southern Bavaria and member of the General Staff Council of Deutsche Bank

  1991

  Private Asset Management, Generalia;
  Job rotation programme with Banca d’America e d’Italia in
  Rome (Deutsche Bank Group), Ufficio Titoli

  1984

  Transfer to Investments Department

  1984

  Joined Deutsche Bank AG, Munich, Lending Department

  1979

  Joined Deutsche Bank AG, Coordination Group for Investments,
  Head Office Frankfurt

  1978 – 1979

  Deutsche Buchhändlerschule

  1977 – 1978

  Buchhandlung O. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden

  1974 – 1977

  Ganghofer‘sche Buchhandlung, Ingolstadt

• Education

  1999 – 2001

  University Programme in Mediation and Conflict Management
  European General Mediator (EGM)
  Master of Advanced Studies (Mediation) degree from the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies of the Universities of Graz, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt and Vienna

  1984 – 1986

  Studies in Communications Science, Spanish and Psycholinguistics,
  Ludwig Maximilians University Munich

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

Gabriele Platscher*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Chairperson of the Staff Council Niedersachsen Ost of Deutsche Bank

• Career

  since 2002

  DB Privat- und Firmenkundenbank AG (formerly: Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG)

  1999 – 2002

  Deutsche Bank 24 AG

  1974 – 1999

  Deutsche Bank AG

• Education

  1982

  Certified banker, Chamber of Commerce and Industry qualification ("Bankfachwirt")

  1974 – 1977

  Bank apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  BVV Versicherungsverein des Bankgewerbes a.G. (Deputy Chairperson)
  BVV Versorgungskasse des Bankgewerbes e.V. (Deputy Chairperson)
  BVV Pensionsfonds des Bankgewerbes AG (Deputy Chairperson)

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Bernd Rose*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Chairman of the General Staff Council of Postbank Filialvertrieb AG,
  Member of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Bank,
  Member of the European Staff Council of Deutsche Bank

• Career

  since 2011

  Chairman of the General Staff Council of Postbank Filialvertrieb AG

  2009 – 2011

  Chairman of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Postbank AG

  2006 – 2009

  Manager of the Group Staff Council of Deutsche Postbank AG

  since 2005

  Member of the General Staff Council of DP Retail/Postbank Filialvertrieb AG and member of the Committee for Economic Matters

  2002 – 2006

  Chairman of the Staff Council, branches in Dortmund

  1996 – 2000

  Exempted Staff Council member, branches in Lennestadt

  1990 – 1994

  Chairman of local representative committee for young people and trainees (BJAV) at the head management office of the post office in Dortmund/ postal services management office in Dortmund

  1986 – 1990

  Chairman of representative committee for young people and trainees at the post office (V) in Iserlohn

  From 1985

  Assignments in branches of Deutsche Bundespost/Deutsche Post AG

  1983

  Employment as postal assistant trainee at post office (V) Iserlohn

• Education

  Preparatory administrative Training

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Postbank Filialvertrieb AG
  ver.di Vermögensverwaltungsgesellschaft (Deputy Chairman)

John Alexander Thain

• Career

  2010 - 2016

  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, CIT Group Inc.

  2009

  President of Global Investment Banking, Markets and Wealth Management, Bank of America

  2007 - 2008

  Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

  2006 - 2007

  Chief Executive Officer and Director, NYSE Euronext, Inc.

  2004 - 2006

  Chief Executive Officer and Director, New York Stock Exchange

  2003 - 2004

  President and Chief Operating Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

  1999 - 2003

  President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

  1999

  President and Co-Chief Operating Officer, The Goldman Sachs Group LP

  1994 - 1999

  Chief Financial Officer and Head of Operations, Technology and Finance (from 1995 to 1997 also Co-Chief Executive Officer for European Operations), The Goldman Sachs Group LP

• Education

  1979

  Harvard University, Finance (Master of Business Administration)

  1977

  Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electrical Engineering, (Bachelor of Science)

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Board of Directors, Aperture Investors LLC, New York, USA
  Member of the Board of Directors, Uber Technologies, Inc., San Francisco, USA
  Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pine Island Capital Partners LLC, Fort Lauderdale, USA
  Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pine Island Acquisition Corp., Fort Lauderdale, USA
  

Michele Trogni

• Position

  Operating Partner of Eldridge

• Career

  Since 2020

  Operating Partner, Eldridge Industries LLC, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

  2013 - 2017

  Executive Vice President, IHS Markit, New York, USA

  2009 - 2013

  Group Chief Information Officer, UBS Aktiengesellschaft, New York, USA, and Zurich, Switzerland

  2006 - 2009

  Head of Operations, UBS Aktiengesellschaft Investment Bank, New York, USA

  1998 - 2006

  IT Director, UBS Aktiengesellschaft Investment Bank, New York, USA

  1996 - 1998

  IT Director, Swiss Banking Corporation, Chicago, USA

  1993 - 1996

  Operations Director, Swiss Banking Corporation, London, United Kingdom

  1987 - 1993Financial Controller, Swiss Banking Corporation, London, United Kingdom

• Education

  1989

  Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, London (ACCA)

  1986

  Northumbria University, Accounting (Bachelor Hons)

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Chairperson of the Board of Directors, SE2 LLC, Kansas, USA
  Member of the Board of Directors, Horizon Acquisition Corporation, Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Dr. Dagmar Valcárcel

• Position

  Supervisory Board member

• Career

  2017 - 2019Chair of the Management Board, Andbank Asset Management Luxembourg S.A., Luxembourg
  2016 - 2017Non-executive member of the General Council, Hellenic Financial Stability Fund, Greece
  2016 - 2017Chair of the Management Board, Barclays Vida y Pensiones, S.A.U., Madrid, Spain
  2015 - 2017Head of Strategic Resolution, Insurance Operations, Barclays Non-Core, Barclays Bank PLC, London, UK, and Madrid, Spain
  2012 - 2015General Counsel Western Europe, Barclays Bank PLC, London, UK
  2010 - 2011Head of Legal Central Europe and Middle East, Barclays Bank (Suisse) SA, Geneva, Switzerland
  2003 - 2009Legal Counsel, Terra Firma Capital Partners Limited, London, UK
  1999 - 2003Senior Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London, UK, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt, Germany
  1997 - 1999Associate, Clyde & Co, London, UK
  1995 - 1996Legal Counsel, General & Cologne Re, Cologne, Germany

• Education

  1998Solicitor, England & Wales, College of Law, London
  1995Licenciada, UNED, Madrid
  1995German Second State Examination in Law, Higher Regional Court (OLG) Düsseldorf
  1994PhD in Law from the University of Bonn
  1991German First State Examination in Law, Higher Regional Court (OLG) Düsseldorf

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Supervisory Board of amedes Holding GmbH

Stefan Viertel*

*Elected by the employees in Germany

• Position

  Head of Institutional Cash Sales & Client Management (& ACO) Hungary, Deutsche Bank AG
  Member of the General Staff Council, Staff Council Representative of the Corporate Bank and Investment Bank, Deutsche Bank AG

• Career

  Since 2020Head of Institutional Cash Sales & Client Management (& ACO) Hungary,
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  Since 2002Staff Council Corporate & Investment Bank,
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  Since 2014Member of the General Staff Council,
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  2006 – 2020Head of Institutional Cash Sales & Client Management (& ACO)
  Austria and Hungary
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  2010 – 2013Member of the Supervisory Board
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  2003 – 2005Sales Manager Cash Management Financial Institutions Germany,
  Luxembourg and Vienna
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  1997 – 2003Product & Sales Manager Card Systems & Sales POS, Value Added
  Services
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  1992 – 1997Product & Project Manager Payments/Electronic Banking,
  Investment Banking Systems
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  1989 – 1992Project & IT Manager Electronic Banking, Informatics & Asset
  Management Centres, Domestic Branch Systems
  Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
  1985 – 1986Military service

• Education

  1986 – 1989IT Management apprenticeship
  1981 – 1985Dental Technician apprenticeship

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  None

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Dr. Theodor Weimer

• Position

  CEO, Deutsche Börse AG

• Career

  2009 – 2017

  HypoVereinsbank / UniCredit Bank AG, Munich Spokesman of the Management Board
  2013 – 2017 Member of the Executive Committee of Unicredit Group, Milan
  2011 – 2013 Member of the Business Executive Committee of Unicredit Croup, Milan

  2008

  Bayerische Hypo-und Vereinsbank AG / UniCredit Group, Munich Executive Chairman of Global Investment Banking
  Designated Spokesman of the Management Board as of 1 January 2009

  2007

  UniCredit Group, Milan
  Markets & Investment Banking Division
  Head of Global Investment Banking

  2001 – 2007

  Goldman, Sachs & Co. oHG, Frankfurt/Main
  2004 – 2007 Partner, Investment Banking Division
  2001 – 2004 Managing Director

  1995 - 2001

  Bain & Company, Inc., Munich
  Senior Partner, Member of the Global Management Committee of Bain & Company, Boston

  1988 – 1995

  McKinsey & Company, Dusseldorf
  Management Consultant

• Education

  1984 – 1987

  University of Bonn
  Assistant at the research chair of Prof. Dr. Albach, Dr. rer. pol.

  1978 – 1984

  Studies in economics, business administration and geography at the University of Tübingen and the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland)

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Knorr Bremse AG, Munich

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Prof. Dr. Norbert Winkeljohann

• Position

  Self-employed corporate consultant, Norbert Winkeljohann Advisory & Investments

• Career

  2011 – 2018

  Chairman of the Management Board of PwC Europe SE WPG (Spokesman of the Management Board of PwC Europe AG WPG until 2014), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  2010 – 2018

  Spokesman of the Executive Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft (formerly Spokesman of the Management Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aktiengesellschaft Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft), Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  1999 – 2010

  Member of the Management Board of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG WPG and Head of the Business Division Mid-Caps and Family Firms in Germany and Europe, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

  1994 – 1998

  Auditor and Tax Consultant; Executive Partner of Societäts Treuhand Gruppe, Hannover / Osnabrück, Germany

  1993

  Auditing and consultancy work at Deloitte (formerly Touche Ross), London, United Kingdom

  1988 – 1993

  Senior executive at Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, International Tax, Düsseldorf, Germany

  1986 – 1988

  Audit assistant at Dr. Köcke und Partner GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Bank auditing, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Education

  2017

  Named Honorary Professor of the Goethe University Frankfurt

  2001

  Named Honorary Professor of the University of Osnabrück

  1992

  Auditor certification

  1988

  Tax consultant certification

  1983 – 1986

  University of Hagen, Doctorate in Business Administration and Economics from the Department of Accounting, Taxes and Auditing (Dr. rer. pol.)

  1978 – 1983

  University of Münster, Business Administration and Economics (Diplom-Kaufmann)

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Bayer AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
  Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH
  Sievert AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)

• Memberships in comparable boards

  None

Frank Witter

• Position

  Supervisory Board member

• Career

  2015 - 2021Member of the Board of Management, Finance and IT
  Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
  2008 - 2015Chairman of the Board of Management
  Volkswagen Financial Services AG, Braunschweig
  2007 - 2008President and Chief Financial Officer
  Volkswagen Credit Inc., USA
  as well as Regional Manager North and South America for Volkswagen Financial Services AG
  2005 - 2007Chief Executive Officer & Chief Financial Officer
  Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Volkswagen Canada, Inc., USA
  2002 - 2004Chief Financial Officer
  Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Volkswagen Canada, Inc., USA
  2001 - 2002Corporate Treasurer
  SAirGroup, Switzerland
  1998 - 2001Corporate Treasurer
  Volkswagen of America, Inc., and Volkswagen Canada, Inc., USA
  1992 - 1997Department Head, Capital Markets Business (Group Treasury)
  Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg
  1986 - 1992Senior Group Leader, Special Financing (Treasury)
  BASF AG, Ludwigshafen

• Education

  1980 - 1986Studies in Economics, Economics degree, University of Hannover
  1978 - 1980Savings bank apprenticeship, Stadtsparkasse Hannover

• Memberships in statutory supervisory boards in Germany

  Traton SE, Munich

• Memberships in comparable boards

  Member of the Board of Directors, Northvolt AB (Stockholm, Sweden)
  Chairman of the Supervisory Board, VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH, Wolfsburg