Governance

Chairperson of the Supervisory Board,
Chairperson of the Presidential and Nomination Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Sebastian Klauke graduated as a physicist and joined the Boston Consulting Group in 2006. He worked as a consultant and project manager and later co-founded Autoda.de, the first German online shop for used cars. In the following years he worked as a partner with BCG Digital Ventures. In 2017, he was appointed Chief Digital Officer of the Otto Group and since 2019 he is a member of the Otto Group Executive Board.

First appointed: 11 March 2021

Appointed until: 2026

Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board,
Member of the Presidential and Nomination Committee,
Member of the Audit Committee

Niels Jacobsen holds a Master of Science in Business Administration from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has extensive leadership experience from major international companies and possesses in-depth knowledge of financial matters, accounting, risk management and M&A. He is currently CEO of William Demant Invest A/S, Denmark. Previous positions include President & CEO of Demant A/S (formerly William Demant Holding A/S), chairman of the board of LEGO A/S, deputy chairman of the board of A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S and member of the board of Novo Nordisk A/S.

Mr. Jacobsen was born in 1957 and is a Danish national.

First appointed: 11 March 2021

Appointed until: 2026

Member of the Supervisory Board,
Member of the Audit Committee

Petra Scharner-Wolff completed her master’s degree in Business Management. In 1999, Ms. Scharner-Wolff moved to financial controlling at the Otto Group in Hamburg, where she became Vice-President of Group Controlling Affiliates in 2002 with responsibility for financial controlling of all Group companies globally. She was on the executive board of the Schwab Group in Hanau and later became Speaker of the Schwab Group executive board.

In 2012 Petra Scharner-Wolff moved back to Hamburg as a member of the OTTO Management Board where she was responsible for HR, Controlling and IT.

Since 2015 Ms.Scharner-Wolff has been a member of Otto’s Group executive board where she is responsible for Finance, Controlling and Human Resources.

First appointed: 11 March 2021

Appointed until: 2026

Member of the Supervisory Board,
Chairperson of the Audit Committee

Christina Johansson holds a Master of Science in Business Administration and Economics. She has more than 20 years of extensive senior management experience in corporate finance of listed companies. Ms. Johansson started her career at Securitas AG as financial controller and treasury manager before joining Amcor Ltd. where she held senior finance positions in the Amcor Group. Further important assignments were at SR-Technics as CFO and Deputy CEO and Bucher Industries as CFO. In 2018, Ms. Johansson joined Bilfinger SE as a member of the Executive Board and CFO. From early 2021, she also assumes the duties of the CEO on an interim basis.

Christina Johansson is also a member of the Board of Directors and Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Emmi Group.

First appointed: 31 May 2021

Appointed until: 2026

Member of the Supervisory Board,
Member of the Presidential and Nomination Committee

Christian Leybold is Managing Partner at Headline (fka e.ventures) and runs its European team. Christian has two decades of technology venture capital investing experience working out of the firm’s San Francisco and European offices. His investments include many tech-driven fashion and ecommerce companies, including leading the firm’s early stage investment in Farfetch (NYSE:FTCH) in 2011. Christian holds a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois and previously spent time working in software development and management consulting based out of Bangalore, Berlin, and Paris.

First appointed: 31 May 2021

Appointed until: 2026

Member of the Supervisory Board

André Schwämmlein completed his master’s degree in Industrial Engineering. Already during his time at university, Mr. Schwämmlein founded a tech startup and after his studies he worked as a strategy consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. In 2012, Mr. Schwämmlein and two co-founders founded FlixMobility, the globally leading platform for long-distance bus and train travel with the brands FlixBus and FlixTrain. He is still CEO of the company today and responsible for the strategy and the development of the global business.

First appointed: 31 May 2021

Appointed until: 2026