Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck proposed to join Vonovia SE Supervisory Board

Bochum, 14.04.2025 - At the Annual General Meeting on 28 May 2025, the Supervisory Board of Vonovia SE will propose Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck for election to the Supervisory Board of Vonovia SE. They will thus succeed the current Supervisory Board members Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller, whose mandates end at this year's AGM.

“I am delighted to see Michael Rüdiger and Dr Marcus Schenck being nominated. Thanks to their previous work on the supervisory boards of large enterprises and their international experience in senior management, both will play a key role in helping to shape the development of Vonovia,” says Clara C. Streit, Chair of the Supervisory Board of Vonovia SE. “Michael Rüdiger has worked as a senior manager in leading companies in the financial services sector for more than 25 years. His many years of service on the Evonik Supervisory Board have given him in-depth understanding of the Ruhr Area. Dr Marcus Schenck will contribute over 25 years of experience in several senior management positions in the financial and energy industries. As a former member of the E.ON Executive Board and current member of the Uniper Supervisory Board, he is extremely knowledgeable in the field of regulated markets.”

“I would especially like to express my gratitude to Dr Ute Geipel-Faber and Hildegard Müller for their many years of dedicated service on the Supervisory Board. They have played a major role in shaping the path of Vonovia towards market leadership, contributing valuable expertise, fresh new insights and a high level of commitment,” says Streit.

Michael Rüdiger is a member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Committee at Evonik Industries AG and Chair of the Supervisory Board of BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG. From 2020 to 2024, he was a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG. Using his degree in business management, he chaired the Executive Board of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale AöR from 2012 to 2019 and then set up his own consultancy firm. Deka, the securities service provider of German Sparkasse savings banks, focuses on capital market operations and asset management and is one of Germany’s leading property investment managers.

Dr Marcus Schenck, who holds a PhD in economics, has been responsible for the German, Austrian and Swiss markets as a member of the Global Management Committee Financial Advisory at Lazard & Co. GmbH since 2022. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Uniper SE. During his career, Dr Marcus Schenck served as Chief Financial Officer for E.ON SE and Deutsche Bank AG, where he later became Vice Chair of the Management Board and Co-Head of the Corporate and Investment Bank before joining Perella Weinberg Partners in London in 2019 as a partner.

The current Supervisory Board of Vonovia SE

The Supervisory Board consists of ten independent members:
Clara Christina Streit (Chair of the Supervisory Board),
Vitus Eckert (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board),
Birgit M Bohle, Jürgen Fenk, Dr Florian Funck, Dr Ute Geipel-Faber, Dr Daniela Gerd tom Markotten, Matthias Hünlein, Hildegard Müller and Dr Ariane Reinhart.

Financial calendar 2025:

07.05.2025: Interim Statement for the First Quarter 2025
28.05.2025: Annual General Meeting
06.08.2025: Half-Year Report 2025
06.11.2025: Interim Statement for the Third Quarter 2025