THE GOVERNING BODIES OF THE BLG GROUP

The BLG Board of Management

Our Board of Management is responsible for running the company and represents our corporation in dealings with third parties. The Board consists of six members and, in the interests of the company as well as the stakeholder approach, is bound to the goal of sustainably increasing the enterprise value.

Frank Dreeke (born in 1959) has more than three decades of global managerial experience in the port and logistics industries. He was appointed to the Board of Management by the Supervisory Board at the beginning of 2013 and took the Chair on June 1. His other areas of responsibility include corporate strategy, communications, transport policy, IT, sustainability and digitalization, compliance and auditing.


Michael Blach (born in 1964) is an internationally-experienced port and shipping manager, most recently as Vice President of Key Client Management at the A.P. MØller-Maersk Group. He has been a member of the Board of Management since June 1, 2013, and has been responsible for the Container division since January 1, 2017. Furthermore, he is Chairman of the Group Management Board of EUROGATE.


Following executive management roles at international companies, Christine Hein (born in 1967) brings to the table solid knowledge and experience, especially in finance / accounting, risk management and M&A. For 17 years, she worked in various departments and companies within the French oil group Total. On November 1, 2020 she joined the Board of Management as CFO.


Matthias Magnor (born in 1974) is responsible for the Contract Logistics Division at BLG LOGISTICS since October 1, 2021 and the Automobile Devision since December 1, 2022. The graduate in business administration has extensive expertise in the areas of supply chain management, logistics, services and trade - for more than 20 years he has been active in the logistics sector and the shipping industry.


Ulrike Riedel (born in 1972) draws on many years of experience as a Labor Relations Director. From 1999, she worked in various functions for the airport company Flughafen Hamburg GmbH, before joining Hamburger Hochbahn AG in 2009 as Labor Relations Director and Member of the Board of Management. In March 2017, Ulrike Riedel took up her post as Labor Relations Director and member of the group management of EUROGATE, before joining BLG as Labor Relations Director on July 1, 2020.


THE SUPERVISORY BOARD

The Supervisory Board continually supervises the work of the Board of Management as well as advising them. This is based on detailed written and verbal reports from the Board of Management. The members of the Supervisory Board also regularly exchange information and ideas with the Board of Management.

Rules of procedure of the Supervisory Board

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Dr. Klaus Meier is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Dr. Klaus Meier is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

Dr. Klaus Meier, Bremen (Chairman)
Managing Partner Überseeinsel GmbH, Bremen
Lawyer

Christine Behle, Berlin (Vice Chairwoman)
Vice Chairwoman, Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft (ver.di), Berlin
Head of the Public and Private Services, Social Security and Transport Department

Sonja Berndt, Ritterhude
Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen
Deputy Chairwoman of the Group Works Council of BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen

Björn Fecker, Bremen
Mayor and Senator for Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Bremen

Ralf Finke, Bremen
Chairman of the Works Council BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen
Chairman of the General Works Council and the Group Works Council of BLG LOGISTICS GROUP AG & Co. KG, Bremen

Melf Grantz, Bremerhaven
Lord Mayor of the City of Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven

Peter Hoffmeyer, Bremen
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Panta Re AG, Bremen

Olof Jürgensen, Rosengarten
Chairman of the Works Council EUROGATE Container Terminal Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg

Tim Kaemena, Bremen
Head of Human Resources BLG Handelslogistik GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen

Wybcke Meier, Hamburg
Chairwoman of the Management Board TUI Cruises GmbH, Hamburg

Dr. Tim Nesemann, Bremen
Chairman of the Board of Management Finanzholding der Sparkasse in Bremen and
Chairman of the Board of Management of Die Sparkasse Bremen AG, Bremen

Hasan Özer, Bremerhaven
Chairman of the Works Council EUROGATE Container Terminal Bremerhaven GmbH, Bremerhaven
Vice Chairman of the Group Works Council EUROGATE GmbH & Co. KGaA, KG, Bremen

Thorsten Ruppert, Geestland
Chairman of the Works Council BLG AutoTerminal Bremerhaven GmbH & Co. KG, Bremerhaven

Kristina Vogt, Bremen
Senator for Economics, Ports and Transformation Bremen, Bremen

Dr. Patrick Wendisch, Bremen
Managing Partner Lampe & Schwartze KG, Bremen

Ralph Werner, Strausberg
Trade Union Secretary, United Services Union (ver.di)
Department B: Public and Private Services, Social Security and Transport

THE ADVISORY BOARD

This board of renowned external experts advises BLG LOGISTICS on strategic corporate development.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Straube is the Chairman of the Advisory Board.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Straube is the Chairman of the Advisory Board.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank Straube 
Chairman of the Advisory Board of BLG, Bremen 
Managing Director/Head of Logistics Department, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin

Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte

Mayor and President of the Senate of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, Bremen

Matthias Ditzen-Blanke 
Managing Director/Publisher, NORDSEE-ZEITUNG GmbH, Bremerhaven

Christoph Döhle
Managing Partner, Peter Döhle Schiffahrts-KG, Hamburg

Dr. Ottmar Gast 
Chairman of the Advisory Board, Hamburg Südamerikanische Dampfschifffahrts-Gesellschaft ApS & Co. KG, Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Bernd Gottschalk 
Managing Director, AutoValue GmbH, Frankfurt

Peter Hoffmeyer
Chairman of the Supervisory Board Nehlsen AG, Bremen
Majority shareholder of Panta Re AG, Bremen

Andreas Kellermann
Managing Partner KMS – Kellermann Management Solutions GmbH, Weil der Stadt, Germany

Jürgen Maidl
Finance, Organizational Development, Process Management (FO), BMW GROUP, Munich

Dr. Klaus Meier 
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of BLG, Bremen
Managing Partner, Überseeinsel GmbH, Bremen
 

Kuno Neumeier
Managing Partner Logivest GmbH, Munich

Prof. Dr. Karl Nowak 
Former President Corporate Sector Purchasing and Logistics (CP/P) Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart

Dr. Florian Schupp 
Head of Procurement for Automotive and Aftermarket, Schaeffler Gruppe, Herzogenaurach

Martin Weber 
CEO of DVV Media Group GmbH, Hamburg

Prof. Dr. Yasmin Mei-Yee Weiß 
Managing Director, Institute for German-Chinese Cooperation, Munich
Business Administration Professor, Technical University of Nuremberg, Nuremberg


CURRENT BLG ANNUAL REPORT

Financial report 2022

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Sustainability report 2022

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