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.

Chair of the Presidial and Nomination Committee:

Katherina Reiche
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

Deputy Chair:

Lars Klingbeil
Federal Minister of Finance

Further members are:

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)

Olav Gutting
Member of the German Bundestag

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Dr Jan-Marco Luczak
  Member of the German Bundestag

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

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Dr. Marcus Optendrenk
  Minister of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

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

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Marion Höllinger
  Member of the Board of Managing Directors 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 March 2026