Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees

The Board of Supervisory Directors and its committees supervise the conduct of the bank's business and the administration of its assets. The main tasks for which it holds responsibility are the appointment and dismissal of members of the Executive Board, the approval of the financial statements as well as the planning and selection of the auditor to be appointed by the Supervisory Authority.

Chair of the Board of Supervisory Directors:

Dr Jörg Kukies
Federal Minister of Finance

Deputy Chair:

Dr Robert Habeck
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Further members are:

Annalena Baerbock
Federal Foreign Minister

Katharina Beck
Member of the German Bundestag

Dr André Berghegger
Managing Director of the German Association of Towns and Municipalities

Volker Bouffier
Former Minister President of the State of Hesse

Stefan Evers
Mayor and Senator for Finance of the State of Berlin

Yasmin Fahimi
Chair of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)

Robert Feiger
Chair of the Federal Executive Committee of the IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt Trade Union (IG Bau)

Dr Heiko Geue
Minister of Finance of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Tanja Gönner
CEO and Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

Olav Gutting
Member of the German Bundestag

Gerald Heere
Minister of Finance of the State of Lower Saxony

Marion Höllinger
Spokeswoman of the Executive Board of UniCredit Bank GmbH

Verena Hubertz
Member of the German Bundestag

Harald Hübner
Ministerial Director at the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Regional Identity

Dr Dirk Jandura
President of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services

Andrea Kocsis
Deputy Chair of ver.di - United Services Trade Union

Stefan Körzell
Member of the Executive Board of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)

Ulrich Lange
Member of the German Bundestag

Steffi Lemke
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

Dr Helena Melnikov
Chief Executive of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

Rainer Neske
Chair of the Board of Managing Directors at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)

Dr Marcus Optendrenk
Minister of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

Dr Bettina Orlopp
Chair of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG

Cem Özdemir
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture

Christian Piwarz
Saxon State Minister of Finance

Daniel Quinten
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of the National Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR)

Prof Dr Ulrich Reuter
President of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)

Dr. Thorsten Rudolph
Member of the German Bundestag

Joachim Rukwied
President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Frank Schäffler
Member of the German Bundestag (retired)

Jan Wenzel Schmidt
Member of the German Bundestag

Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Holger Schwannecke
Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)

Dr Kai H Warnecke
President Haus & Grund Germany

Dr Volker Wissing
Federal Minister for Digital and Transport

As of March 2025