Members of the Management Board
and the Supervisory Board
(Time period: 1/1/2024 to 3/5/2025)

Management Board:

Nikola Steinbock
Chairperson of the Management Board, foreign trade merchant

Dietmar Ilg
Chief Risk Officer, Dipl.-Kaufmann

Dr. Marc Kaninke 
Chief Financial and IT Officer, Dipl.-Volkswirt, Dipl.-Kaufmann

Supervisory Board

Chairperson:

Joachim Rukwied
President of Deutscher Bauernverbands e.V.

Vice Chairperson:

Cem Özdemir
German Federal Minister for Food and Agriculture

Representatives of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.:

Bernhard Krüsken
Secretary General of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.

Detlef Kurreck (until 4/7/2024))
President of Bauernverband Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V., retired

Karsten Schmal
President of Hessischer Bauernverband e. V.

Petra Bentkämper (until 4/7/2024))
President of Deutsche LandFrauenverband e. V.

Dr. Holger Hennies
President of Landvolk Niedersachsen Landesbauernverband e. V.

Torsten Krawczyk (since 4/7/2024)
President of Sächsischer Landesbauernverband e. V.

Susanne Schulze Bockeloh (since 4/7/2024)
Vice President ofDeutscher Bauernverband e. V.

Representatives of Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e. V.:

Franz-Josef Holzenkamp
President of Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e. V.

Representatives of the food industry:

Tim Schwertner (until 4/7/2024)
Treasury of Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Ernährungsindustrie e. V.

Rainer Schuler (1/4/2024 to 31/12/2024)
President of DER AGRARHANDEL – Bundesverband Agrarhandel und Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e. V.

Martin Courbier (since 1/1/2025)
Managing Director of DER AGRARHANDEL – Bundesverband Agrarhandel und Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e. V.

Agriculture Ministers of the German federal states:

Bavaria:
Michaela Kaniber
State Minister, Bavarian State Ministry for Nutrition, Agriculture, Forests and Tourism

Bremen:
Jan Fries
State Councillor, Senate for Environment, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen

Saxony-Anhalt:
Sven Schulze
Minister Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forests of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt

Representative of the trade unions:

Harald Schaum
National Vice Chairman of the Industrial Union for Construction, Agriculture, Environment (IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt)

Representative of the of the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture:

Silvia Bender
State Secretary

Representative of the German Federal Ministry of Finance:

Dr. Marcus Pleyer
Head of Directorate

Representatives of banks or other lending experts:

Dr. Frank Czichowski (since 4/7/2024)
Member of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank A G

Stefanie Münz (since 4/7/2024)
Member of the Management Board of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg

Michael Reuther (until 4/7/2024)
Managing Director Keppler Mediengruppe

Dr. Birgit Roos (until 4/7/2024)
Chairperson of the Management Board of Sparkasse Krefeld, retired

Dr. Caroline Toffel
Member of the Management Board of Berliner Volksbank e G

Frankfurt am Main, 5 March 2025

 

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