Governance structure

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board currently consists of the twelve following members:

  • Dr Dirk Günnewig
    Chairman
    State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Susanne Elsässer
    Vice Chairwoman
    Senior Assistant Secretary (Leitende Ministerialrätin) in the Ministry of Finance of North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Michael Breuer
    President of the Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband
  • Hans Buschmann
    Deputy Association Director of the Rheinischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband (ret.)
  • Rolf Einmahl
    Lawyer
    Member of the Landschaftsversammlung of the Landschaftsverband Rheinland
  • Henning Giesecke
    Shareholder of GSW Capital Management GmbH
    Former Chief Risk Officer of HypoVereinsbank AG and UniCredit Group
  • Wilfried Groos
    Chairman of the Managing Board of the Sparkasse Burbach-Neunkirchen
  • Frank Hellwig
    CEO
    Special representative of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) of OWH SE i.L.
  • Dr Achim Kopf
    Head of Risk Control of the Bundesrepublik Deutschland – Finanzagentur GmbH
  • Dr Georg Lunemann
    Director of the Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe
  • Klaus Rupprath
    Former Head of Capital Markets of the NRW.BANK
  • Jürgen Wannhoff
    Vice-President
    Member of the Managing Board of the Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe