Members of the Management Board and the Supervisory Board
(Time period: 1/1/2025 to 2/3/2026)
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 I T Officer),
Dipl.-Volkswirt, Dipl.-Kaufmann
Supervisory Board
Chairperson:
Joachim Rukwied
President of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.
Deputy Chair:
Alois Rainer (since 6 May 2025)
Federal Minister of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity
Cem Özdemir (until 6 May 2025)
German Federal Minister of Food and Agriculture
Representatives of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.:
Stefanie Sabet (since 1 January 2026)
Secretary General of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.
Bernhard Krüsken (until 31 December 2025)
Secretary General of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.
Karsten Schmal
President of Hessischer Bauernverband e. V.
Dr. Holger Hennies
President of Landvolk Niedersachsen Landesbauernverband e.V.
Torsten Krawczyk
President of Sächsischer Landesbauernverband e. V.
Susanne Schulze Bockeloh
Vice President of Deutscher Bauernverband e. V.
Representative of Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e. V.:
Franz-Josef Holzenkamp
President of Deutscher Raiffeisenverband e. V.
Representative of the food industry:
Martin Courbier
Managing Director of DER AGRARHANDEL – Bundesverband Agrarhandel und Verein der Getreidehändler der Hamburger Börse e. V.
Agriculture Ministers of the German federal states:
Baden-Württemberg:
Peter Hauk (since 1 January 2026)
Minister of Food, Rural Affairs and Consumer Protection of the State of Baden-Württemberg
Brandenburg:
Hanka Mittelstädt (since 1 January 2026)
Minister of Agriculture and Food, Environment and Consumer Protection of the State of Brandenburg
Hamburg:
Katharina Fegebank (since 1 January 2026)
Second Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Senator of the Authority for Environment, Climate, Energy and Agriculture of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Bavaria:
Michaela Kaniber (until 31 December 2025)
State Minister in the Bavarian State Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Tourism
Bremen:
Jan Fries (until 31 December 2025)
State Councillor, Senate for Environment, Climate and Science of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen
Saxony-Anhalt:
Sven Schulze (until 31 December 2025)
Minister Economic Affairs, Tourism, Agriculture and Forests of the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt
Representative of the trade unions:
Harald Schaum
Federal Executive Board of the IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt
Representatives of the German Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Regional Identity:
Silvia Breher (since 24 June 2025)
Parliamentary State Secretary
Silvia Bender (until 20 May 2025)
State Secretary
Representative of the German Federal Ministry of Finance:
Doris Dietze (since 19 June 2025)
Head of Sub-Directorate VII B
Dr. Marcus Pleyer (until 10 May 2025)
Head of Directorate
Representatives of banks or other lending experts:
Dr. Frank Czichowski
Member of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG
Stefanie Münz
Member of the Management Board of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Dr. Caroline Toffel
Member of the Management Board of Berliner Volksbank e G
Frankfurt am Main, 2 March 2026
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The Management Board
