Supervisory Board
The GIZ Supervisory Board consists of ten shareholder representatives and ten representatives of the employees.
The shareholder is represented by five members of the German Federal Parliament (four members of the Budget Committee and one member of the Committee on Economic Cooperation and Development) and four representatives of the German Government (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development. Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy), as well as one representative of the Bavarian State Chancellery. The employees are represented by ten workforce representatives (three trade union representatives, one executive manager and six employees).
Shareholder representatives
- Martin Jäger (Chairperson)
State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Berlin - Claudia Dörr-Voß
State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, Berlin - Anja Hajduk
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Berlin - Michael Hinterdobler
Representative of the Bavarian State Chancellery - Carsten Körber
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Berlin - Antje Leendertse
State Secretary at the German Federal Foreign Office, Berlin - Michael Leutert
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Berlin - Dr Peter Ramsauer
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Berlin - Wolfgang Schmidt
State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin - Sonja Steffen
Member of the German Federal Parliament, Berlin
Employees’ representatives
- Dr. Wibke Thies (1st Deputy Chairperson)
GIZ, Eschborn - Katrin Gothmann (2nd Deputy Chairperson)
GIZ, Ecuador - Christiane Einfeldt
GIZ, Sri Lanka - Armin Hofmann
GIZ, Myanmar / Substitute member: Martina Agrell, GIZ, Eschborn - Birgit Ladwig
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Administrative Headquarters - Dr Sabine Müller
GIZ, Eschborn / Substitute member: Robert Kressirer, GIZ, Eschborn - Stefan Mager
GIZ, Berlin - Thomas Schenk
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Frankfurt am Main - Dr Joachim Langbein
GIZ, Bonn - Tobias Schürmann
Unified Service Sector Union (ver.di), Administrative Headquarters