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Management Board

The Management Board of Vonovia SE consisted of five members as of December 31, 2022.

Rolf Buch, Chairman of the Management Board

Function: Chief Executive Officer Responsible for sustainability/strategy, transactions, general counsel, investor relations, HR management, auditing and corporate communications.

Appointments:

  • Kötter Group (Member of the Council of Shareholders)2
  • Apleona GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board and Member of the Shareholder Board)2

Arnd Fittkau, Member of the Management Board

Function: Chief Rental Officer Responsible for the Rental segment in the North, East, South, and West business areas, as well as for customer service and portfolio and tenant management.

Appointment:

  • STEAG Fernwärme GmbH (Member of the Advisory Board)2

Philip Grosse, Member of the Management Board

Function: Chief Financial Officer

Responsible for accounting, controlling, finance, valuation and portfolio controlling as well as taxes.

Appointments

  • Eisenbahn-Siedlungs-Gesellschaft Berlin mbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) (until April 27, 2022)2, 4
  • GSW Immobilien AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board) (until June 13, 2022)3
  • QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 6

Daniel Riedl, Member of the Management Board

Function: Chief Development Officer

Responsible for development in Austria, development in Germany and operating rental business in Austria.

Appointment:

  • QUARTERBACK Immobilien AG (Member of the Supervisory Board) (since March 16, 2022)1, 6

Helene von Roeder, Member of the Management Board

Function: Chief Transformation Officer

Responsible for Value-add (incl. insurance), IT and procurement as well as condominium administration and the management of properties for third parties.

Appointments:

  • AVW Versicherungsmakler GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board)2
  • E. Merck KG (Member of the Council of Shareholders)2
  • Merck KGaA (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5
  • Vonovia Finance B.V. (Member of the Supervisory Board) (until December 31, 2022)2, 4
  • Deutsche Wohnen SE (Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board) (as of January 2, 2022)3, 5

Supervisory Board

The current Supervisory Board consists of twelve members. The Annual General Meeting of May 9, 2018, elected ten members for a statutory term of office, and the Annual General Meeting of April 29, 2022, elected two members for a three-year term of office.

Jürgen Fitschen, Chairman

Senior Advisor at Deutsche Bank AG

Appointments:

  • CURA Vermögensverwaltung GmbH & Co. KG (Member of the Administrative Board)2
  • Syntellix AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)2
  • ESG Book GmbH (Member of the Advisory Board)2

Prof. Dr. Edgar Ernst, Deputy Chairman

Self-employed management consultant

Appointments:

  • METRO AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5
  • TUI AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5

Burkhard Ulrich Drescher (until April 29, 2022)

Managing Director of Innovation City Management GmbH

Appointment:

  • STEAG Fernwärme GmbH (Member of the Advisory Board)2

Vitus Eckert

Attorney, Partner in Wess Kux Kispert & Eckert Rechtsanwalts GmbH

Appointments:

  • STANDARD Medien AG (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)2
  • S. Spitz GmbH (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board)2
  • Vitalis Food Vertriebs-GmbH (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, group company of S. Spitz GmbH)2
  • Simacek Holding GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)2
  • Simacek GmbH (Chairman of the Supervisory Board, group company of Simacek Holding GmbH)2

Jürgen Fenk (since April 29, 2022)

Chief Executive Officer Primonial REIM, Paris

Self-employed management consultant as of January 31, 2023

Appointment:

  • Alfons & alfreda AG, Düsseldorf (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board)1

Dr. Florian Funck

Chief Financial Officer of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH

Appointments:

  • CECONOMY AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5
  • TAKKT AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)
  • Innovation City Management GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board)2

Dr. Ute Geipel-Faber

Self-employed management consultant

Appointment:

  • Bayerische Landesbank (Member of the Supervisory Board)1

Matthias Hünlein (since April 29, 2022)

Managing Director of Tishman Speyer Properties Deutschland GmbH

Appointment:

  • Tishman Speyer Investment GmbH, Frankfurt am Main (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board)2

Daniel Just

Chairman of Bayerische Versorgungskammer

Appointments:

  • DWS Grundbesitz GmbH (1st Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board)2
  • Universal Investment GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board)2

Hildegard Müller

President of the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA)

Appointments:

  • Siemens Energy AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5
  • Siemens Energy Management GmbH (Member of the Supervisory Board, group company of Siemens Energy AG)1
  • RAG-Stiftung (Member of the Board of Trustees)2

Prof. Dr. Klaus Rauscher (until April 29, 2022)

Self-employed management consultant

Dr. Ariane Reinhart

Member of the Management Board of Continental AG5

Appointment:

  • SUSE S.A. (Member of the Supervisory Board)2, 5

Clara-Christina Streit

Member of Supervisory/Administrative Boards

Appointments:

  • Jerónimo Martins SGPS S.A. (Member of the Administrative Board)2, 5
  • Vontobel Holding AG (Member of the Administrative Board)2, 5
  • Deutsche Börse AG (Member of the Supervisory Board)1, 5

Christian Ulbrich

President and Chief Executive Officer of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated5

  1. 1 Supervisory Board mandates in accordance with Section 100 (2) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).
  2. 2 Membership in comparable German and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises.
  3. 3 Exempted Group mandates in accordance with Section 100 (2) no. 2 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG).
  4. 4 Other Group bodies.
  5. 5 Listed.
  6. 6 Related party of the Deutsche Wohnen Group.