Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, the general partner of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, is responsible for management and representation of the latter. Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH is for its part represented by Managing Directors Hans-Joachim Watzke (Chairman), Thomas Treß and Carsten Cramer; its sole shareholder is Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund.
The following chart shows the structures and responsibilities as between Ballspielverein Borussia 09 e.V. Dortmund, Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA and Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH:
The Supervisory Board of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, which is appointed by the Annual General Meeting, has limited rights and duties. It has no authority with respect to matters involving personnel, i.e., no authority to appoint and dismiss managing directors at Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH or to stipulate the terms of their contracts. Nor is the Supervisory Board authorised to adopt internal rules of procedure or to define a list of transactions requiring its consent on behalf of the general partner. Rather, such rights and duties are vested in the governing bodies of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, namely its Advisory Board and the Executive Committee created by the Advisory Board.
The names of the members of the Company’s Supervisory Board in the 2022/2023 financial year, their right to remuneration, their occupations and their further responsibilities on other management bodies are listed below:
Christian Kullmann |
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Ulrich Leitermann |
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Bernd Geske |
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Judith Dommermuth |
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Bjørn Gulden |
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Dr Reinhold Lunow |
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Silke Seidel |
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Bodo Löttgen |
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Dr Bernhard Pellens |
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Matthias Bäumer |
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Chairman of the Supervisory Board |
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REMUNERATION PAYABLE FOR 2022/2023 (EUR '000) |
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OCCUPATIONS (as at 30 June 2023) |
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Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG, Essen |
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Chairman of the Managing Boards of group parent companies of the SIGNAL IDUNA Group (SIGNAL Krankenversicherung a.G., Dortmund; SIGNAL IDUNA Lebensversicherung a.G., Hamburg; SIGNAL IDUNA Unfallversicherung a.G., Dortmund), SIGNAL IDUNA Allgemeine Versicherung Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund, and SIGNAL IDUNA Holding Aktiengesellschaft, Dortmund |
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Managing partner of Bernd Geske Lean Communication, Meerbusch |
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Managing partner of JUVIA Verwaltungs GmbH, Cologne |
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Chief Executive Officer of PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach |
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Medical Director of Praxisklinik Bornheim, Bornheim |
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Senior Executive at Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG and Managing Director of Hohenbuschei Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, Westfalentor 1 GmbH and Dortmund Logistik GmbH, all in Dortmund |
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Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag |
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Professor of International Corporate Accounting at Ruhr University Bochum, Academic Director of the Institute of Management (ifu) at Ruhr University Bochum and Honorary Professor at Tongji University in Shanghai, China |
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General Manager BU Teamsport, PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach |
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OTHER FUNCTIONS on statutory supervisory boards and comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises |
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Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dortmunder Volksbank eG, Dortmund |
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Chairman of the Board Salling Group A/S, Braband, Denmark |
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Member and Chairman since 20 November 2022 of the Advisory Board of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, Dortmund |
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Member of the Advisory Board of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, Dortmund |
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Member of the Supervisory Board of LVM Landwirtschaftlicher Versicherungsverein Münster a. G. in Münster (non-listed company) |
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The Audit Committee, which was formed in financial year 2021/2022 and whose members are Prof. Bernhard Pellens (Chairman), Mr Ulrich Leitermann (Deputy Chairman) and Ms Silke Seidel, met four times in financial year 2022/2023.
Within Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA there are eight independent functional areas below the management level, namely, “Sports”, “Communications”, “Human Resources”, “Organisation”, “Finance”, “Legal & IR”, “Marketing & Digitalisation” and “Internationalisation/Commercial Partnerships”. The responsible employees during the reporting period and the functional organisational areas of which they are in charge are shown in the chart below:
