Vonovia Strengthens Supervisory Board with Financial and Energy Experts Ahead of AGM

Vonovia Strengthens Supervisory Board with Financial and Energy Experts Ahead of AGM

(IN BRIEF) Vonovia SE will propose Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck for election to its Supervisory Board at the 2025 Annual General Meeting, replacing Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller. Both nominees bring decades of leadership in the financial and energy sectors, with experience at institutions including DekaBank, Deutsche Börse, E.ON, Deutsche Bank, and Uniper. The nominations are expected to strengthen Vonovia’s strategic direction as it continues to grow in regulated and capital-intensive markets. Chair Clara C. Streit thanked the outgoing members for their significant contributions and reaffirmed Vonovia’s commitment to strong governance.

(PRESS RELEASE) BOCHUM, 15-Apr-2025 — /EuropaWire/ — Vonovia SE has announced that Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck will be proposed for election to its Supervisory Board at the upcoming Annual General Meeting on 28 May 2025. The two executives will replace Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller, whose mandates conclude at this year’s AGM.

Clara C. Streit, Chair of the Supervisory Board, welcomed the nominations, highlighting the deep leadership experience and international outlook that both bring. “Michael Rüdiger has served in top leadership roles across the financial services industry for over 25 years, including on the Supervisory Board of Evonik, where he gained valuable insight into the Ruhr Area,” said Streit. “Dr Marcus Schenck offers an equally impressive résumé with executive-level expertise in finance and energy, including roles at Deutsche Bank, E.ON, and most recently, Uniper.”

Michael Rüdiger currently serves as Chair of the Supervisory Board at BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG and is a Supervisory Board member and Chair of the Audit Committee at Evonik Industries AG. He also previously held a seat on the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG and led DekaBank as CEO from 2012 to 2019 before establishing his own advisory firm.

Dr Marcus Schenck, an economist by training, currently sits on the Supervisory Board of Uniper SE and serves on the Global Management Committee Financial Advisory at Lazard & Co. GmbH, overseeing the DACH region. His past leadership includes roles as Chief Financial Officer at both E.ON SE and Deutsche Bank AG, where he also served as Vice Chair of the Management Board and Co-Head of the Corporate and Investment Bank. He joined Perella Weinberg Partners as a partner in 2019.

Streit expressed her appreciation to the outgoing board members for their longstanding dedication: “Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller have each made invaluable contributions to Vonovia’s strategic journey. Their insights and commitment have helped shape the company’s rise to market leadership.”

About Vonovia
Vonovia SE is Europe’s leading private residential real estate company.
Vonovia currently around 540,000 residential units in all attractive cities and regions in Germany, Sweden and Austria. It also manages around 73,400 apartments. Its portfolio is worth approximately € 82 billion. As a modern service provider, Vonovia focuses on customer orientation and tenant satisfaction. Offering tenants affordable, attractive and livable homes is a prerequisite for the company’s successful development. Therefore, Vonovia makes long-term investments in the maintenance, modernization and senior-friendly conversion of its properties. The company is also creating more and more new apartments by realizing infill developments and adding to existing buildings.

The Bochum based company has been listed on the stock exchange since 2013. Since September 2015 Vonovia has been a constituent in the DAX. Vonovia SE is also a constituent of additional national and international indices, including DAX 50 ESG, Dow Jones Sustainability Index Europe, STOXX Global ESG Leaders, EURO STOXX ESG Leaders 50, FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Europe, and GPR 250 World. Vonovia has a workforce of approximately 12,000 employees.

Additional Information:
Approval: Regulated Market/Prime Standard, Frankfurt Stock Exchange
ISIN: DE000A1ML7J1
WKN: A1ML7J
Common code: 094567408
Registered headquarters of Vonovia SE: Bochum, Germany, Bochum Local Court, HRB 16879
Business address of Vonovia SE: Universitätsstraße 133, 44803 Bochum, Germany

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Media Contact:

Klaus Markus
Head of Corporate Communications
T +49 234 / 314 – 1149
klaus.markus@vonovia.de

Nina Henckel
Head of Corporate Media
T +49 234 / 314 – 1909
nina.henckel@vonovia.de
www.vonovia.de

SOURCE: Vonovia