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 Carsten Cramer (Chairperson), Thomas Treß, Lars Ricken and Svenja Schlenker; 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 2025/2026 financial year, their right to remuneration, their occupations and their further responsibilities on other management bodies are listed below:
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Ulrich Leitermann |
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Chairperson of the Supervisory Board |
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Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board |
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Occupations as at 30 June 2026 |
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Senior Executive at Dortmunder Stadtwerke AG and Managing Director of Hohenbuschei Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH and Dortmund Logistik GmbH, all in Dortmund |
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Chairperson 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 (previously held positions; from 1 July 2025 to 31 December 2025, retired) |
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Managing partner of Bernd Geske Lean Communication, Meerbusch |
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Member of the Advisory Board of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, Dortmund |
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Member and Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of Dortmunder Volksbank eG, Dortmund (until 22 June 2026) |
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Judith Dommermuth |
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Dr Reinhold Lunow |
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Prof. Bernhard Pellens |
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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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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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Member and Chairperson of the Advisory Board of Borussia Dortmund Geschäftsführungs-GmbH, Dortmund (until 23 November 2025) |
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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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Matthias Bäumer |
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Christian Schmid |
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Michael Zorc |
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Chief Commercial Officer, PUMA SE, Herzogenaurach |
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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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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, whose members are Prof. Bernhard Pellens (Chairperson), Mr Ulrich Leitermann (Deputy Chairperson) and Ms Silke Seidel, met five times in financial year 2025/2026.
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:
