In accordance with the German Codetermination Act, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bahn AG has 20 members, of whom ten are shareholder representatives and ten are employee representatives. Some of the shareholder representatives are appointed; others are elected by the annual general meeting. The employee representatives are elected in accordance with the German Codetermination Act. The Federal Republic of Germany is the sole shareholder.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Werner Gatzer
State Secretary at the German Federal
Ministry of Finance
Teltow

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Martin Burkert*
Deputy Chairman of the
German Railway and Transport Union (EVG)

Shareholder representatives

Stefan Gelbhaar
Member of the German Bundestag
Berlin

Anja Hajduk
State Secretary in the Federal Ministry
for economy and climate protection

Susanne Henckel
State Secretary in the Federal Ministry
for digital and transport

Prof. Dr. Susanne Knorre
Management Consultant
Hannover

Dorothee Martin
Member of the German Bundestag
Hamburg

Daniela Mattheus
Lawyer/Management Consultant
Berlin

Michael Sven Puschel
Head of the federal highways department
Federal Ministry for digital and transport
Nieder-Olm

Dr. Immo Querner
Management Consultant/Non Executive Director
Celle

Bernd Reuther
Member of the German Bundestag
Wesel

Employee representatives

Ralf Damde* 
Chairman of the Central Works Council
DB Regio AG
Ensdorf/Saar

Jörg Hensel* 
Chairman of the Central Works Council
DB Cargo AG
Hamm

Cosima Ingenschay*
Federal Managing Director of the German Railway and Transport Union (EVG)
Berlin

Alexander Kaczmarek*
Management Representative for the Federal States of
Brandenburg, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
Deutsche Bahn AG
Berlin

Heike Moll*
Chair of the Central Works Council
DB Station&Service AG
Munich

Manfred Scholze*
Chairman of the Central Works Council
DB Fernverkehr AG
Ebersbach-Neugersdorf

Klaus-Peter Schölzke*
Chair of the Works Council
DB Regio AG
Görlitz

Jens Schwarz* 
Chairman of the Group Works Council
Deutsche Bahn AG
Chemnitz

Veit Sobek*
Chairman of the Central Works Council
DB Netz AG
Halberstadt

* Employee representatives

Last modified March 1, 2023