Rainer Wiegard is the new chairman of HSH Nordbank AG’s Supervisory Board
Hamburg/Kiel, May 27, 2005 - Rainer Wiegard, the Minister of Finance of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, is the new chairman of HSH Nordbank AG’s Supervisory Board. Minister Wiegard has been a member of the Bank’s Supervisory Board since May 11, 2005, having succeeded former state Prime Minister Heide Simonis.
At the same time, Minister Rainer Wiegard is member of the state parliament of Schleswig-Holstein, and furthermore he is a member of the Guarantors’ Meeting of Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein and a member of the foundation council for the Schleswig-Holstein music festival.
The other members of HSH Nordbank’s Supervisory Board are:
Deputy Chairman:
Olaf Behm, representative of HSH Nordbank AG’s staff council
Supervisory Board members representing stockholders:
Olaf Cord Dielewicz, President of the Schleswig-Holstein Savings Bank and Giro Association
Prof. Hans-Heinrich Driftmann, managing partner of Peter Kölln KGaA
Dr. Thomas R. Fischer, Chairman of the WestLB AG Management Board
Hans-Peter Krämer, Chairman of the Management Board of Kreissparkasse Köln
Dr. Hans Lukas, Chairman of the Management Board of Sparkasse Stormarn
Alexander Otto, Managing Director of ECE Projektmanagement
Dr. Wolfgang Peiner, President of the Treasury of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dr. Ralf Stegner, Minister of the Interior of the state of Schleswig-Holstein
Gunnar Uldall, President of the Trade and Labor Authority of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Supervisory Board members representing employees:
Sabine-Almut Auerbach, Manager of the ver.di labor union for the region of southern Holstein
Astrid Balduin, member of the HSH Nordbank AG staff council
Bertholt Bose, head of the financial services sector for the ver.di labor union in Hamburg
Ronald Fitzau, member of the HSH Nordbank AG staff council
Jens-Peter Gotthardt, member of the HSH Nordbank AG staff council
Thorsten Heick, HSH Nordbank AG
Rieka Meetz-Schawaller, HSH Nordbank AG
Knut Pauker, Spielbank SH GmbH & Co., Casino Stadtzentrum Schenefeld KG
Edda Redeker, manager of the ver.di labor union’s legal department for the northern region
HSH Nordbank AG is a strong regional bank in Northern Europe. It has total assets of € 173 billion and employs roughly 4,500 staff around the world. Together with the savings banks it is the market leader in its core region of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein. As a global provider of specialist finance, its main focus is on transportation and real estate. In fact, HSH Nordbank is the world’s leading provider of ship finance and covers the entire value chain in the transportation segment. In the area of real estate, HSH Nordbank is one of the strongest banks in Germany, acting as a provider of services relating to all aspects of real estate. It is an acknowledged partner of the capital markets. For more information please visit our website at http://www.hsh-nordbank.de.
The information contained in this press release does not constitute an offer for the sale of any type of HSH Nordbank AG securities. Securities of HSH Nordbank AG may not be sold in the United States without registration pursuant to US securities legislation, unless such a sale takes place on the basis of relevant exceptional provisions.
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