Presidial and Nomination Committee

The Presidial and Nomination Committee deals with and in part prepares legal and administrative matters as well as issues of fundamental significance for business and corporate policy for the Board of Supervisory Directors. In urgent matters it can take final decisions (urgency decisions) in place of the Board of Supervisory Directors. The Presidial and Nomination Committee furthermore attends to nomination matters.

Members of the Presidial and Nomination Committee of the Board of Supervisory Directors

Chair of the Presidial and Nomination Committee:

Christian Lindner
Federal Minister of Finance

Deputy Chair:

Dr Robert Habeck
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action

Further members are:

Dr André Berghegger
Member of the German Bundestag

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Verena Hubertz
  Member of the German Bundestag

Volker Bouffier
Former Minister President of the State of Hesse

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Gerald Heere
  Minister of Finance of the State of Lower Saxony

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

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Stefan Körzell
  Member of the Executive Board of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)

Helmut Schleweis
President of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Dr Hans-Walter Peters
  Former President of the Association of German Banks (BdB)

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

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Tanja Gönner
  CEO and Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

As of June 2023