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:

Katherina Reiche
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

Deputy Chair:

Lars Klingbeil
Federal Minister of Finance

Further members are:

Reem Alabali-Radovan
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

Thomas Bareiß
Member of the German Bundestag

Dr Danyal Bayaz
Minister of Finance of the State of Baden-Württemberg

Katharina Beck
Member of the German Bundestag

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

Gero Bergmann
Member of the Board of Management of BayernLB

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

Marion Höllinger
Spokeswoman of the Executive Board of UniCredit Bank GmbH

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)

Prof Dr R. Alexander Lorz
Minister of State at the Hessian Ministry of Finance

Dr Jan-Marco Luczak
Member of the German Bundestag

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

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)

Alois Rainer
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity

Dr. Thorsten Rudolph
Member of the German Bundestag

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

Dirk Salewski
President of the German Federal Association of Free Real Estate and Housing Companies (BFW)

Frank Schäffler
Member of the German Bundestag (retired)

Jan Wenzel Schmidt
Member of the German Bundestag

Carsten Schneider
Federal Minister for the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety

Patrick Schnieder
Federal Minister for Transport

Martin Schöffel
State Secretary in the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and Regional Identity

Karolin Schriever
Executive Member of the Board of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)

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

Dr. Johann Wadephul
Federal Foreign Minister

As of January 2026