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Supervisory Board
Dr Hendrik Otto
Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Executive and Nomination Committee, Member of the Audit Committee
First elected: 2011
In office until: 2026
Year of birth: 1975
Nationality: German
Current activities and work history
Since 2022: Advisor, Egon Zehnder, Dusseldorf
Since 2020: Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Frankfurt/Main
2014–2022: Member of the Board of Management, WEPA SE, Arnsberg
2011–2014: Partner, company law and M&A, bank and financial law, Mayer Brown LLP, Dusseldorf/Berlin/Frankfurt/Main
2010–2011: Advisory team, Financial Institutions Group (Secondment), HSBC Bank plc, London
2006–2011: Associate Mayer Brown LLP, Frankfurt/Main
Education
2002–2006: Legal clerkship in Hamburg and other areas, second legal state examination in Hamburg, doctoral studies at the Ruhr University Bochum
1995–2001: Legal studies and first legal state examination in Freiburg, Berlin and other areas
Dr Jörg Wulfken
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Vice Chairman of the Executive and Nomination Committee
First elected: 2020
In office until: 2025
Year of birth: 1960
Nationality: German
Current activities and work history
Since 2021: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Georgian Credit, Tbilisi (Georgia)
Since 2020: Partner bei Bruski, Smeets & Lange Rechtsanwälte, Frankfurt/Main
2012–2020: Member of the Supervisory Board of Georgian Credit, Tbilisi (Georgia)
2015–2020: Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
2001–2015: Partner at Mayer Brown LLP, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
2000–2001: Partner at Clifford Chance, Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
1993–2000: Director of Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG, Berlin (Germany)
1991–1993: Associate at Clifford Chance, London (United Kingdom)
1989–1991: Legal expert in the Investment Banking division at Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, Dusseldorf (Germany)
1979–1980: Ship chandler, August Warnecken, Bremen (Germany)
Education
1987–1989: University of Konstanz (Germany), employee at the Centre for International Economics and PhD student, obtaining a Doctor of Law
1980–1987: University of Hamburg (Germany), one-phase legal education with a degree as a fully qualified lawyer
Offices held on other statutory supervisory boards or in comparable domestic and international supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Georgian Credit, Tbilisi (Georgia; not listed)
Further material activities in addition to the supervisory board mandate
- CEO of Wulfken-Stiftung, Bremen (Germany)
Prof. Dr Kai C. Andrejewski
Chairman of the Audit Commitee, Member of the Executive and Nomination Committee
First elected: 2023
In office until: 2028
Year of birth: 1967
Nationality: German
Current activitiesand work history
Since 2021: Member of the Executive Board (Chief Financial Officer) of Sixt SE, Pullach i. Isartal
Since 2011: Professor for Accounting and Auditing at the Private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen
2002–2021: Partner and most recently Regional Board Member/Managing Partner Southern Region for the international auditing firm KPMG, before that in various positions and functions in Paris/Berlin/Düsseldorf
1993–2002: Various positions in the field of auditing in Essen/Hamburg and Chicago
Education
2001: Auditor's examination
1998: Tax consultant examination
1988–1993: Study of law and business administration in Würzburg and Göttingen; graduated with a degree in business administration
Sonja Edeler
Vice Chairman of the Audit Committee
First elected: 2016
In office until: 2026
Year of birth: 1976
Nationality: German
Current activities and work history
Since 2019: Managing Director Finance, Internal Audit, Corporate Security, Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Burgwedel
2015–2018: Head of Finance and Accounting, Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Burgwedel
2014–2015: Group Accounting and Taxes, Dirk Rossmann GmbH, Burgwedel
2000–2014: Auditor, tax accountant, Deloitte & Touche GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft
Education
2006: Auditor
2004: Tax accountant
2000: Study of Business Administration, University of Göttingen
Axel Holtrup
Member of the Supervisory Board
First elected: 2020
In office until: 2025
Year of birth: 1968
Nationality: German
Current activities and work history
Since 2017: Independent investor, London (United Kingdom)
2011–2017: Partner and member of the Global Management at AEA Investors, London (United Kingdom) and Munich (Germany)
2006–2010: Director at Silver Lake Partners, London (United Kingdom)
1997–2006: Associate, later Principal at Investcorp, London (United Kingdom)
1995–1997: Financial analyst (M&A) at Morgan Stanley, London (United Kingdom) and Frankfurt/Main (Germany)
Education
1991–1995: European Partnership of Business Schools (EPBS), Middlesex University, London (United Kingdom), and Reutlingen University (Germany) – BA (Hons.): European Business Administration and Diplom-Betriebswirt degrees
1989–1991: Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt/Main / Ludwigshafen (Germany) – bank clerk apprenticeship
Dr iur Maximilian Zimmerer
Member of the Supervisory Board
First elected: 2019
In office until: 2024
Year of birth: 1958
Nationality: German
Current activities and work history
Since 2017: Member of the Supervisory Board of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Munich
2016: Termination of active duties on the Board of Management of Allianz SE
2015: Additional assumption of responsibility for the Asia region
2012: Move to the Board of Management of Allianz SE, responsible for investments (incl. private equity, infrastructure, renewables, real estate), treasury, Global Life & Health and AZ for Good
2010: Additional assumption of the position of CEO of Allianz Private Krankenversicherungs-AG (up until December 2011), including an extension of his executive division responsibility at Allianz Deutschland AG (Life + Health executive divisions)
2006: Election to the Board of Management of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG, appointment to the Board of Management of Allianz Deutschland AG (Life executive division)
2004: Assumption of responsibility for the executive division for accounting, surrender of responsibility for personal lines insurance and insurance operations
2002: Additional assumption of responsibility for the executive division for personal lines insurance and insurance operations
2000: Appointment to the Board of Management of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG, responsible for investments, asset-liability management, construction financing and tax
1998: Managing director for Fixed Income, Allianz Asset Advisory and Management GmbH
1997: Assignment to Dresdner RCM Global Investors (US), Global Equity Portfolio Management
1994: Move to Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG, head of the “Loans” sub-division
1988: Starts work with Allianz AG, “Industrial Holdings” sub-division
Education
1988: Awarded his PhD in law at the University of Cologne
1988: Second state legal examination in Düsseldorf
1985–1988: Legal traineeship
1983–1984: Military service in Budel/NL and Bonn
1980–1983: Continuation of legal studies in Cologne, passing the first state legal examination
1979–1980: Legal studies at the University of Lausanne
1977–1979: Legal studies at the University of Cologne
Offices held on other statutory supervisory boards or in comparable domestic and international supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Investmentaktiengesellschaft für langfristige Investoren TGV, Bonn, Germany (not listed)
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany (listed)
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