Branch Berlin

    Chairs of Supervisory Board and Executive Board of KfW

    Chairs of the Supervisory Board

    Helmut Schmidt
    Federal Chancellor Helmut Schmidt (Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KfW 1974/75)
    1948 - 1958 Dr Otto Schniewind
    1959 - 1973Hermann Josef Abs
    From 1974, the respective Federal Minister of Finance was appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board.
    1974 - 1975Helmut Schmidt
    1975 - 1978Dr Hans Apel
    1978 - 1982Hans Matthöfer
    1982 Manfred Lahnstein
    1982 - 1989 Dr Gerhard Stoltenberg
    1989 - 1998 Dr Theo Waigel
    1998 - 1999Oskar Lafontaine
    1999 - 2003 and 2005Hans Eichel
    Since 2004, the respective Federal Minister of Finance and the Federal Minister of Economics are alternately appointed Chair of the Supervisory Board.
    2004Wolfgang Clement (BMWA)
    2005, 2007 and 2009Peer Steinbrück (BMF)
    2006 and 2008Michael Glos (BMWi)
    2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2017Dr Wolfgang Schäuble (BMF)
    2010Rainer Brüderle (BMWi)
    2012Dr Philipp Rösler (BMWi)
    2014 and 2016Sigmar Gabriel (BMWi)
    2017, 2018 and 2020Peter Altmaier (BMF/BMWi)
    2018Brigitte Zypries (BMWi)
    2019 and 2021Olaf Scholz (BMF)
    2021 and 2023Christian Lindner (BMF)
    2022 and 2024Dr Robert Habeck (BMWK)

    Speakers and CEOs of the Executive Board

    Two members of the Executive Board at different times in KfW's history
    Hermann Josef Abs (Speaker of the Executive Board 1948 -1952) and Stefan Wintels (CEO since 2021)
    1949 - 1952Hermann Josef Abs
    1952 - 1958Otto Neubaur
    1958 - 1971Dr Herbert Martini
    1971 - 1973Dr Otto Rieck
    1973 - 1979Dr Hermann Müller
    1980 Dr Alfred Becker
    1980 - 1984 Dr Gerhard Götte1 / Dr Ernst-Günther Bröder2
    1984 - 1992 Dr Gerhard Götte1 / Dr Richard Brantner2
    1992 - 1995Dr Gert Vogt1 / Dr Richard Brantner2
    1995 - 1999Dr Gert Vogt
    1999 - 2006Hans W. Reich
    2006 - 2008Ingrid Matthäus-Maier
    2008 - 2017Dr Ulrich Schröder (CEO)
    2018 - 2021Dr Günther Bräunig (CEO)
    since 2021Stefan Wintels (CEO)

    ¹ Overall concerns of the bank

    ² Business area Financial Cooperation with developing countries

    Board of Supervisory Directors

    The Board of Supervisory Directors and its committees supervise the conduct of KfW's business and the administration of its assets.

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    Executive Board of KfW

    The Executive Board conducts the business and administers the assets of KfW.

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    Group Communications

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