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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.
Members of the Board of Supervisory Directors
Chair of the Board of Supervisory Directors:
Christian Lindner
Federal Minister of Finance
Deputy Chair:
Dr Robert Habeck
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
Further members are:
Annalena Baerbock
Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs
Katharina Beck
Member of the German Bundestag
Dr André Berghegger
Member of the German Bundestag
Volker Bouffier
Minister President of the State of Hesse (retired)
Dr Andreas Dressel
Senator for Finance of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Robert Feiger
Chair of the German Trade Union Construction-Agriculture-Environment (IG Bau)
Tanja Gönner
CEO and Director General of the Federation German Industries (BDI)
Gerald Heere
Minister of Finance of the State of Lower Saxony
Professor Dr Hans-Günter Henneke
Managing Member of the Executive Committee of the Federation of German Districts
Reiner Hoffmann
Chair of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) (retired)
Dr Bruno Hollnagel
Member of the German Bundestag (retired)
Harald Hübner
Ministerial Director at the Bavarian State Ministry of Finance and for Regional Identity
Verena Hubertz
Member of the German Bundestag
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 Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)
Ulrich Lange
Member of the German Bundestag
Steffi Lemke
Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
Rainer Neske
Chair of the Board of Managing Directors of Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg (LBBW)
Cem Özdemir
Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture
Dr Marcus Optendrenk
Minister of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia
Dr Bettina Orlopp
Deputy Chair of the Board of Managing Directors of commerzbank AG
Dr Hans-Walter Peters
President of the Federal Association of German Banks (BdB) (retired)
Achim Post
Member of the German Bundestag
Daniel Quinten
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of the National Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR)
Michael Richter
Minister of Finance of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
Joachim Rukwied
President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)
Frank Schäffler
Member of the German Bundestag
Helmut Schleweis
President of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)
Svenja Schulze
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development
Holger Schwannecke
Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts and Small Business (ZDH)
Diemtar Strehl
Senator for Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Dr Martin Wansleben
Chief Executive of the Association of German Chambers of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)
Dr Kai H Warnecke
President Haus & Grund Germany
Dr Volker Wissing
Federal Minister for Digital and Transport
As of January 2023
Commitees of KfW's Board of Supervisory Directors