Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board advises the Board of Management and oversees its management activities. It comprises 20 members. The Annual General Meeting elects 10 shareholder representatives, while a further 10 members are elected by the employees under the provisions of the Mitbestimmungsgesetz (German Co-determination Act).
Members of the Supervisory Board (as at September 8, 2008)
| Shareholders' Representatives |
| Dr. Jürgen Weber (Chair) Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Deutsche Lufthansa AG |
| Willem G. van Agtmael Managing Partner, E. Breuninger GmbH & Co |
| Hero Brahms Management consultant |
| Werner Gatzer State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance |
| Prof. Dr. Ralf Krüger Management consultant |
| Roland Oetker Managing Partner ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, President of Deutsche Schutzvereinigung für Wertpapierbesitz e. V. |
| Harry Roels |
| Prof. Dr. Wulf von Schimmelmann Management consultant |
| Dr. Ulrich Schröder Chief Executive Officer, KfW Bankengruppe |
| Elmar Toime Managing Director E Toime Consulting Ltd. |
| Employees' Representatives |
| Andrea Kocsis (Deputy Chair) Deputy Chair of ver.di's national executive board and Head of Postal Services, Forwarding Companies and Logistics |
| Wolfgang Abel Regional Section Head Postal Services, Forwarding Companies and Logistics, ver.di North / Hamburg |
| Rolf Bauermeister Section Head for Postal Services, Co-determination and Youth, Head of the National Postal Services Group ver.di |
| Heinrich Josef Busch Chair of the Group and Company Executive Representation Committee of Deutsche Post AG |
| Annette Harms Deputy Chair of Works Council, Deutsche Postbank AG, Hamburg |
| Thomas Koczelnik Chair of the Central Group Workers Council of the Deutsche Post AG |
| Anke Kufalt Member of the Workers Council DHL Global Forwarding GmbH, Hamburg |
| Andreas Schädler Chair of Workers Council Deutsche Post AG |
| Helga Thiel Member of the ver.di Federal Group for Postal services, Distribution and Logistics and member of the Workers Council Deutsche Post AG |
| Stefanie Weckesser Member of Works Council, Deutsche Post AG, Expert Parcel, MAIL Branch, Augsburg |