Changes in the executive bodies of DB AG
At its meeting on January 20, 2025, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG (DB AG) reappointed Mr. Martin Seiler as a Management Board member of DB AG and Labor Director with effect from January 1, 2026, until December 31, 2030. Mr. Seiler will continue to be responsible for the Human Resources and Legal Affairs Board division.
At its meeting on May 6, 2025, the Supervisory Board of DB AG acknowledged the early termination of Dr. Levin Holle’s appointment due to his resignation with effect from the end of the same day. Dr. Holle stepped down from the Management Board at his own request in order to take up a senior position in the Federal Chancellery. In accordance with the current representation rules for Management Board members, Mr. Seiler will temporarily assume responsibility for the Finance Board division until a replacement is found.
The term of office of the members of the Supervisory Board elected by the Annual General Meeting, Mr. Stefan Gelbhaar, Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre, Ms. Daniela Mattheus, Ms. Dorothee Martin, Mr. Michael Sven Puschel, Dr. Immo Querner and Dr. Irina Soeffky, as well as the members of the Supervisory Board delegated by the Federal Government, Mr. Werner Gatzer, State Secretary Anja Hajduk and State Secretary Susanne Henckel, and the employee representatives on the Supervisory Board expired at the end of the Annual General Meeting on March 26, 2025. This Annual General Meeting elected Dr. Andreas Kerst, Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre, Mr. Frank Krüger, Ms. Daniela Mattheus, Mr. Michael Sven Puschel, Dr. Immo Querner and Dr. Irina Soeffky to the Supervisory Board of DB AG as shareholder representatives with effect from March 26, 2025, for the period until the end of the Annual General Meeting that resolves on the approval of their actions for the fourth financial year after the beginning of their term of office. The Federal Minister for Digital and Transport appointed Mr. Werner Gatzer, State Secretary Anja Hajduk and State Secretary Susanne Henckel directly to the Supervisory Board of DB AG as additional shareholder representatives with effect from March 26, 2025.
The meeting of delegates on March 12, 2025, also elected the following employee representatives to the Supervisory Board of DB AG for the term of office beginning on March 26, 2025: Mr. Thomas Brandt, Mr. Martin Braun, Mr. Martin Burkert, Mr. Ralf Damde, Ms. Nadja Houy, Ms. Cosima Ingenschay, Mr. Alexander Kaczmarek (representative of executives), Ms. Heike Moll, Mr. Manfred Scholze and Mr. Klaus-Peter Schölzke.
The legal requirements concerning the gender quota are fulfilled with these appointments.
At the constituent meeting of the Supervisory Board, which also took place on March 26, 2025, Mr. Werner Gatzer was re-elected as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Mr. Martin Burkert as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Ms. Henckel resigned from the Supervisory Board of DB AG with immediate effect on June 3, 2025, as her new role as State Secretary in the Ministry for Economic Affairs, Transport, Labor, Technology and Tourism of the State of Schleswig-Holstein does not allow her to continue to serve on the Supervisory Board of DB AG. On June 4, 2025, the Federal Minister for Transport appointed State Secretary Dr. Claudia Elif Stutz to the Supervisory Board as her successor.