Board of Supervisory Directors and its Committees

    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:

    Lars Klingbeil
    Federal Minister of Finance

    Deputy Chair:

    Katherina Reiche
    Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

    Further members are:

    Reem Alabali-Radovan
    Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

    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

    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)

    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

    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

    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

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

    Patrick Schnieder
    Federal Minister for Transport

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

    Dr. Johann Wadephul
    Federal Foreign Minister

    Dr Kai H Warnecke
    President Haus & Grund Germany

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    As of May 2025

    Further information

    Mission and tasks

    Law Concerning KfW and KfW Bylaws.

    Chairs of Supervisory Board and Executive Board of KfW

    Chairs of the Supervisory Board and Speakers of the Executive Board of KfW since 1948.

    Contact

    KfW Group

    Palmengartenstrasse 5-9

    60325 Frankfurt am Main

    Germany