
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board advises and monitors dena’s Management Board.
The Supervisory Board at dena has advisory and supervisory functions. It ensures compliance with the statutory provisions by dena’s Management Board and the alignment of business activities with the company’s purpose and sustainability goals.

Germany recognises its responsibility to make its contribution to the global task of climate protection. dena is an important and competent partner in this endeavour.
Stefan Wenzel, Chair of the Supervisory Board at dena and Parliamentary State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
The Supervisory Board is composed in accordance with the German One-Third Employee Participation Act and consists of nine members.
Six members are elected by the shareholders’ meeting on the proposal of the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Action (BMWK) in agreement with the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV), the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) and the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL).
An employee representative was elected to the Supervisory Board for the first time in October 2023. It consists of three members of the dena staff. ft.
Chair of the Supervisory Board
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Stefan Wenzel
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
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Ingrid-Gabriela Hoven
Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
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Stefan Tidow
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
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Claudia Müller
Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
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Antje Geese
Ministerial Director, Head of the Budget Department (H) at the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)
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Dr. Helmut Schönenberger
Managing Director of Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners GmbH and UnternehmerTUM GmbH
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Beatrice Kuhn
Employee representative
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Johanna Meier
Employee representative
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Rafael Noster
Employee representative