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10117 Berlin, Germany PO Box 110180 10831 Berlin, Germany Phone: +49-30-20225-0 Fax: +49-30-20225-250 www.dsgv.de
Chairman of the Executive Committee
Heinrich Haasis
President of Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Berlin Members
Dr Rolf Gerlach
President of Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster Hans-Dieter Brenner
Chairman of the Management Board of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Frankfurt/Main and Erfurt
Helmut Schleweis
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Heidelberg Prof. Dr Hans-Günter Henneke
Managing member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Landkreistag, Berlin
III Board of Management
Chairman of the Board of Management
Heinrich Haasis
President of Deutscher Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Berlin
Deputies to the Chairman of the Board of Management
1. Dr Rolf Gerlach
President of Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster 2. Hans-Dieter Brenner
Chairman of the Management Board of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Frankfurt/Main and Erfurt
3. Helmut Schleweis
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Heidelberg 4. Prof. Dr Hans-Günter Henneke
Managing member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Landkreistag, Berlin
DEUTSCHER SPARKASSEN- UND GIROVERBAND (DSGV)
(As of 1 June 2011)
Members of the Board of Management Deputy Members of the Board of Management
Chairmen of Associations Dr Rolf Gerlach
President of Sparkassenverband Westfalen-Lippe, Münster Peter Schneider
President of Sparkassenverband Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart Thomas Mang
President of Sparkassenverband Niedersachsen, Hanover
Theo Zellner
President of Sparkassenverband Bayern, Munich
Reinhard Boll
President of Sparkassen- und Giroverband für Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel
Dr Tim Nesemann
President of the Verband der Deutschen Freien ệffentlichen Sparkassen and Chairman of the Management Board of Die Sparkasse Bremen AG
Franz Josef Schumann
President of Sparkassenverband Saar, Saarbrücken Members of the Board of Management
Executive Directors of Girozentralen Gerd Họusler
Chairman of the Management Board of Bayern LB, Munich Hans-Dieter Brenner
Chairman of the Management Board of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, Frankfurt/Main and Erfurt
Dr Johannes Evers
Chairman of the Management Board of Landesbank Berlin AG Dr Stephan-Andreas Kaulvers
Chairman of the Management Board of Bremer Landesbank – Kreditanstalt Oldenburg, Bremen
Thomas Christian Buchbinder
Chairman of the Management Board of Landesbank Saar, Saarbrücken
Members of the Board of Management Directors of Savings Banks
Helmut Schleweis
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Heidelberg Dr Harald Vogelsang
Speaker of the Management Board of Hamburger Sparkasse AG and President of Hanseatischer Sparkassen- und Giroverband, Hamburg Hans-Werner Sander
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Saarbrücken Reinhard Henseler
Chairman of the Management Board of Nord-Ostsee Sparkasse, Flensburg
Volker Goldmann
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Bochum Siegmar Müller
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Germersheim-Kandel, Kandel Siegmund Schiminski
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Bayreuth Volker Wirth
Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Singen-Radolfzell, Singen
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Members of the Board of Management Deputy Members of the Board of Management
Representatives of municipal umbrella organisations Deutscher Stọdtetag (Association of German Cities) Dr h.c. Petra Roth
Lord Mayor of the City of Frankfurt and President of Deutscher Stọdtetag, Berlin and Cologne
Monika Kuban
Permanent Deputy to the General Manager and Finance Councillor of Deutscher Stọdtetag, Berlin and Cologne
Dr Stephan Articus
Executive member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Stọdtetag, Berlin and Cologne
Dr Ulrich Maly
Lord Mayor of the City of Nuremberg and Vice President of Deutscher Stọdtetag, Berlin and Cologne
Deutscher Landkreistag (Association of German Counties) Prof. Dr Hans-Günter Henneke
Executive member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Landkreistag, Berlin
Dr Michael Ermrich
Administrator of the Harz district, Wernigerode and Vice President of Deutscher Landkreistag, Berlin
Dr Hubert Meyer
Executive member of the Executive Committee of Landkreistag Niedersachsen, Hanover
Bernhard Reuter
Administrator of the Osterode am Harz district and and Vice President of Deutscher Landkreistag, Berlin Deutscher Stọdte- und Gemeindebund
(Association of German Municipalities) Roger Kehle
Vice President of Deutscher Stọdte- und Gemeindebund and President of Gemeindetag Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart Dr Gerd Landsberg
Executive member of the Executive Committee of Deutscher Stọdte- und Gemeindebund, Berlin
Roland Schọfer
President of Deutscher Stọdte- und Gemeindebund and Mayor of the City of Bergkamen
Helmut Dedy
Deputy General Manager of Deutscher Stọdte- und Gemeindebund, Berlin
With a successful year behind it, the Savings Banks Finance Group proved in no uncertain terms that it had done more than successfully weather the fi nancial markets crisis during 2010. In fact, the 429 Savings Banks were able to signifi cantly increase their operating profi ts – once again posting notable growth in their capital bases, and reaffi rming the value of their principles of decentralisation with a business focus on local regions and the real needs of the local population, even in diffi cult times.
Throughout the most challenging economic crisis in Ger- many’s post-war period, the Savings Banks held true to their roots – a sustainable business philosophy oriented towards the common good. Working together with fellow Group mem- bers, they consistently provided SMEs with suffi cient capital, thereby playing a pivotal role in Germany’s rapid and unparal- leled recovery.
The Savings Banks did not retreat when the storm raged – quite the contrary. They once again extended signifi cantly more new loans to companies and the self-employed – total- ling EUR 64.2 billion – and strengthened regional structures with uninterrupted funding, to the benefi t and welfare of the people living there.
As such, it comes as no surprise that numerous surveys high- light the considerable trust that is placed in the Savings Banks, and that their value for economic and social develop- ment is widely – and increasingly – recognised. The fi nancial markets crisis made the general public and decision-makers alike aware of the importance of acting according to sound principles, and it also led to a marked realignment in social values. The concept of maximising profi ts without taking account of people’s needs, desires and concerns is now seen to have been an expensive error of judgement. Customer orientation, social responsibility, security and sustainability are once again in demand. These core values have held true for the Savings Banks for more than 200 years.
The present and profound resonance of the values by which we have lived, and the wider acceptance of our business mod- el, motivate the Savings Banks to steadfastly and effi ciently meet the diverse challenges that our Group currently faces.
This applies fi rst and foremost to a new and effi cient Landes- bank structure. The capacity of the Landesbanken must be reduced to a size that can be fully utilised by stable business segments. This should also alleviate the pressure to venture into overly risky business segments due to excess capacity.