Risk and Credit Committee

The Risk and Credit Committee deals with risk matters and approves large loans.

Members of the Risk and Credit Committee of the Board of Supervisory Directors

Chair of the Risk and Credit Committee:

Rainer Neske
Chair of the Board of Managing Directors at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW)

Deputy Chair:

Lars Klingbeil
Federal Minister of Finance

Further members are:

Reem Alabali-Radovan
Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development

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

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Robert Feiger
Chair of the Federal Executive Committee of the IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt Trade Union (IG Bau)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Gerald Heere
Minister of Finance of the State of Lower Saxony

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Dr Heiko Geue
    Minister of Finance of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Marion Höllinger
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of the Association of German Banks (BdB)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Verena Hubertz
Member of the German Bundestag

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Dr Thorsten Rudolph
    Member of the German Bundestag

Dr Dirk Jandura
President of the Federation of German Wholesale, Foreign Trade and Services

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Dr Helena Melnikov
Chief Executive of the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DIHK)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Daniel Quinten
Member of the Board of Managing Directors of the National Association of German Cooperative Banks (BVR)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Katherina Reiche
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

Prof Dr Ulrich Reuter
President of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Holger Schwannecke
    Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)
    Joachim Rukwied
    President of the German Farmers' Association (DBV)

Frank Schäffler
Member of the German Bundestag (retired)

  • Substitute if unable to perform duties:
    Katharina Beck
    Member of the German Bundestag

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

As of May 2025

Contact

KfW Group

Palmengartenstrasse 5-9

60325 Frankfurt am Main

Germany

Mission and tasks

Law Concerning KfW and KfW Bylaws.