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.

Michael Odenwald

Michael Odenwald
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
State Secretary (retired)
Kleinmachnow

Klaus-Dieter Hommel*
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the German Railway and Transport Union (EVG)
Großefehn-Felde

Shareholder representatives

Enak Ferlemann
Parliamentary State Secretary (retired)
Member of the German Bundestag
Cuxhaven

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

Dr. Ingrid Hengster
Country CEO Germany
Global Chairman Investment Banking Barclays
Frankfurt am Main

Prof. Susanne Knorre
Management Consultant
Hannover

Kirsten Lühmann
Vice-President, Federal Board of Management,
German Civil Service Federation
Hermannsburg

Dr. Immo Querner
Management Consultant/Non Executive Director
Celle

Eckhardt Rehberg
Marlow

Christian Schmidt
Member of the German Bundestag
Fürth

Elisabeth Winkelmeier-Becker
Parliamentary State Secretary (retired)
Member of the German Bundestag
Siegburg

Employee representatives

Jürgen Beuttler* 
Head of Purchasing, Real Estate and Compliance
DB Fernverkehr AG
Wiesbaden

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

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

Jürgen Knörzer*
Chairman of the Central Works Council
DB Regio AG
Schwarzach

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

Mario Reiß* 
Chairman of the Works Council
DB Cargo AG, NL Süd-Ost
Süptitz

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 February 1st, 2022