Organisation of management and control
Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, the general partner of Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co. KGaA, is responsible for management and representation of the latter. This entity, in turn, is represented by Managing Directors Hans-Joachim Watzke (Chairman), Thomas Treß, Carsten Cramer and Lars Ricken; 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 2024/2025 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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Chairperson of the Supervisory Board (stepped down on 25 November 2024) |
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Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board |
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RIGHT TO REMUNERATION 2024/2025 (EUR ‘000) |
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OCCUPATIONS AS AT 30 JUNE 2025 |
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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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OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES* |
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Member and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Dortmunder Volksbank eG, Dortmund |
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Judith Dommermuth |
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Dr Reinhold Lunow |
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Silke Seidel |
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From 25 November 2024 Chairperson of the Supervisory Board |
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Managing partner of JUVIA Verwaltungs GmbH, Cologne |
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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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OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES* |
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Member and Chairperson 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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Bodo Löttgen |
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Prof. Bernhard Pellens |
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Matthias Bäumer |
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Stepped down on 25 November 2024 |
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Member of the North Rhine-Westphalia Landtag, Detective chief inspector (Kriminalhauptkommissar) (ret.), public administration graduate |
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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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Vice President of BU Teamsport, PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (formerly: General Manager BU Teamsport, PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach (until 31 March 2024)) From 1 April 2024: Chief Commercial Officer of PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach |
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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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Christian Schmid |
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Michael Zorc |
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OCCUPATIONS AS AT 30 JUNE 2025 |
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Group General Counsel, Evonik Industries AG, Essen |
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Private income; Managing Director of MJZ Holding GmbH, Dortmund |
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OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES* |
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Member of the Supervisory Board of Evonik Operations GmbH, Essen (non-listed company) |
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Member of the Supervisory Board of adesso SE, Dortmund |
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The Audit Committee, which was formed in financial year 2021/2022 and whose members are Dr Bernhard Pellens (Chairperson), Mr Ulrich Leitermann (Deputy Chairperson) and Ms Silke Seidel, held one extraordinary and four ordinary meetings in financial year 2024/2025.
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”, and five departments that report directly to the management, namely, “Strategy & Culture”, “Group Security”, “Risk Management/ICS/CMS/Internal Audit”, “Women’s Football” and “CR”. The responsible employees during the reporting period and the functional organisational areas of which they are in charge are shown in the chart below:
