DEG’s Supervisory Board consists of representatives of the Federal Government, of KfW and of private enterprises, science and civil society as well as five members of the DEG staff. To fulfil its responsibilities efficiently, the supervisory board has established four committees: the Executive and Nomination Committee, the Risk and Credit Committee, the Remuneration Control Committee and the Audit Committee.

Chair of the Supervisory Board

PSt Johann Saathoff, MdB
Parliamentary State Secretary
to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin

First Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board

Christiane Laibach
Member of the Executive Board
KfW, Frankfurt am Main

Second Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board

Prof Dr Christiane Weiland
Head of degree programme Business Administration – Banking
Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg, Karlsruhe

Members

Tobias Dorenkamp
Senior Investment Manager
DEG, Cologne

Bertram Dreyer
Senior Investment Manager
DEG, Cologne

Jürgen Gerke
Founder & CEO
BlueShell CAPITAL, Munich

Dr Janina Jänsch
Department Head "Mittelstandspolitik"
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin

Prof Dr Maja Göpel
Political economist, transformation researcher and consultant, sustainability expert
Berlin

Esther Kabey-Wuntke
Senior Manager
DEG, Cologne

Caroline Kremer
Chair DEG Works Council
DEG, Cologne

Bernd Loewen
Member of the Executive Board
KfW, Frankfurt am Main

Dr Julia Monar
Department Head "Krisenprävention, Stabilisierung, Friedensförderung und humanitäre Hilfe"
Federal Foreign Office, Berlin

Ulrich Müller-Gaude
Senior Manager
DEG, Cologne

Carl Martin Welcker
Managing Partner Alfred H. Schütte KG,
Cologne

Dr. Eva Wimmer
Department Head "Finanzmarktpolitik"
Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin