President & Board of Directors
The President heads the Association. He or she is elected by the Meeting of the Members for a term of two years and chairs the Board of Directors. In addition to the President, the Board of Directors is composed of 12 additional members elected by the Meeting of the Members, as well as the Chief Executive by virtue of his or her office.
President

Gero Bergmann
President of vdp and Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Bayerische Landesbank, Munich, Germany
Board of Directors

Sabine Barthauer
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, DZ Hyp AG, Hamburg, Germany

Dr. Matthias Danne
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Frankfurt, Germany

Dr. Holger Horn
Chairman of the Board of Management, Münchener Hypothekenbank, Munich, Germany

Hans-Dieter Kemler
Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Landesbank Hessen-Thueringen, Frankfurt, Germany

Sascha Klaus
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Berlin Hyp AG, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Koentgen
Deputy Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG, Unterschleissheim, Germany

Dr. Bettina Orlopp
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany
Matthias Schellenberg
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank, Düsseldorf, Germany

Thorsten Schönenberger
Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Landesbank Baden-Wuerttemberg, Stuttgart, Germany

Henrietta Six
Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf, Duesseldorf, Germany

Ljubisa Tesić
Member of the Management Board, UniCredit Bank GmbH, Munich, Germany

Jens Tolckmitt
Chief Executive, Associaton of German Pfandbrief Banks, Berlin, Germany
Christof Winkelmann
Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden