Members and Tasks of the Board of Supervisory Directors (PDF, 33 KB, Non-Accessible)

Members and tasks of the Board of Supervisory Directors

The Board of Supervisory Directors supervises the conduct of the bank’s business and the administration of its assets. It approves, among other things, the annual financial statements. The Board of Supervisory Directors consists of 37 members. In the year under review, the Chairman was the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, and the Deputy Chairman was the Federal Minister of Finance.

Dr Wolfgang Schäuble Volker Bouffier Sigmar Gabriel Federal Minister of Finance Minister President of the State of Hesse Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs Deputy Chairman Member appointed by the (since 27 January 2017) (1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016) German Bundesrat Chairman (since 1 January 2017) Christian Görke (since 1 January 2017) Deputy Minister President Dr Uwe Brandl Minister of Finance of the State of Sigmar Gabriel President of the Brandenburg Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Bayerischer Gemeindetag Member appointed by the and Energy Representative of the municipalities German Bundesrat Chairman (1 January 2016 – 31 December 2016) Hans-Dieter Brenner Dr Louis Hagen Deputy Chairman Former Chief Executive Officer of Chief Executive Officer (1 January 2017 – 27 January 2017) Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen of Münchner Hypothekenbank eG Representative of industrial credit Representative of the mortgage banks Brigitte Zypries (since 1 January 2017) Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Frank Bsirske and Energy Chairman of ver.di – United Services Hubertus Heil Deputy Chair Trade Union Member of the German Bundestag (since 27 January 2017) Representative of the trade unions Member appointed by the German Bundestag Kerstin Andreae Alexander Dobrindt Member of the German Bundestag Federal Minister of Transport Monika Heinold Member appointed by the and Digital Infrastructure Minister of Finance of the State of German Bundestag Schleswig-Holstein Georg Fahrenschon Member appointed by the Jan Bettink President of the German Savings Banks German Bundesrat Former Chairman of the Board of Association (DSGV) Management of Berlin Hyp AG Representative of the savings banks Dr Barbara Hendricks Representative of the mortgage banks Federal Minister for the Environment, (until 31 December 2016) Robert Feiger Nature Conservation, Building and Chairman of the Federal Executive Nuclear Safety Anton F. Börner Committee of the IG Bauen-Agrar- President of the Federation of Umwelt trade union (IG Bau) Reiner Hoffmann German Wholesale, Foreign Trade Representative of the trade unions Chairman of the German Trade Union and Services (BGA) Confederation (DGB) Representative of trade Klaus-Peter Flosbach Representative of the trade unions Member of the German Bundestag Member appointed by the German Bundestag

KfW Financial Report 2016 Members and tasks of the Board of Supervisory Directors | 21 Gerhard Hofmann Eckhardt Rehberg Edith Sitzmann Member of the Board of Managing Member of the German Bundestag Minister of Finance of the State of Directors of the National Association Member appointed by the Baden-Württemberg of German Cooperative Banks (BVR) German Bundestag Member appointed by the Representative of the cooperative banks German Bundesrat Joachim Rukwied (since 1 January 2017) Andreas Ibel President of the German Farmers’ President of the Federal association Association (DBV) Dr Markus Söder of independent housing and Representative of agriculture Bavarian State Minister of Finance, real estate companies (BFW) Regional Development and Regional Identity Representative of the housing industry Dr Nils Schmid Member appointed by the (since 1 January 2017) Minister of Finance and Economics German Bundesrat of the State of Baden-Württemberg (until 31 December 2016) Bartholomäus Kalb Member appointed by the Member of the German Bundestag German Bundesrat Dr Frank-Walter Steinmeier Member appointed by the (until 31 December 2016) Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs German Bundestag (until 27 January 2017) Christian Schmidt Dr Markus Kerber Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture Prof. Dr Georg Unland Director General of the Federation Saxon State Minister of Finance of German Industries (BDI) Andreas Schmitz Member appointed by the Representative of industry Member of the Presidency of the German Bundesrat Association of German Banks (BdB) (since 1 January 2016) Stefan Körzell Chairman of the Management Board Member of the Executive Board of the of HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG Dr Norbert Walter-Borjans German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Representative of the commercial banks Minister of Finance of the State Representative of the trade unions of North Rhine-Westphalia Carsten Schneider Member appointed by the Dr Gesine Lötzsch Member of the German Bundestag German Bundesrat Member of the German Bundestag Member appointed by the Member appointed by the German Bundestag Dr Martin Wansleben German Bundestag Chief Executive of the Association Peter-Jürgen Schneider of German Chambers of Commerce Dr Gerd Müller Minister of Finance of the State and Industry (DIHK) Federal Minister for Economic of Lower Saxony Representative of industry Cooperation and Development Member appointed by the German Bundesrat Dr Kai H. Warnecke Managing Director Haus & Grund Germany Holger Schwannecke Representative of the housing industry Secretary General of the German (until 31 December 2016) Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) Representative of the skilled crafts

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