The Remuneration Committee attends to remuneration matters. In particular, it deals with the adequate structure of the remuneration systems for the Executive Board of KfW and for the employees of KfW.

Chair of the Remuneration Committee:

Katherina Reiche
Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy

Deputy Chair:

Lars Klingbeil
Federal Minister of Finance

Further members are:

Tanja Gönner
CEO and Director General of the Federation of German Industries (BDI)

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Holger Schwannecke
  Secretary General of the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH)

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

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Karolin Schriever
  Executive Member of the Board of the German Savings Banks Association (DSGV)

Stefan Körzell
Member of the Executive Board of the German Confederation of Trade Unions (DGB)

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Yasmin Fahimi
  Chair of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB)

Dr Jan-Marco Luczak
Member of the German Bundestag

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Olav Gutting
  Member of the German Bundestag

Dr Marcus Optendrenk
Minister of Finance of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia

• Substitute if unable to perform duties:
  Prof Dr R. Alexander Lorz
  Minister of State at the Hessian Ministry of Finance

As of March 2026