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Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board monitors and advises the Executive Board on all key business activities. As a public law institution, the Supervisory Board is chaired by Franziska Giffey.

Senator Franziska Giffey – Chairwoman 
Personnel Committee 
Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises

Lothar Stephan – Vice-Chairman 
Personnel Committee

Jeremy Arndt 
Audit Committee 
Head of the ver.di Berlin-Brandenburg regional division

Ines Birnstiel 
Audit Committee
Vice-Chairwoman
Head of Training Center Tramway Driving Service of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Sven Globig 
Audit Committee 
Chairman of the Staff Council of the Underground Workplaces of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Sylvia Fehlau
Driving instructor underground of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Hecht 
Head of the Department of Rail Vehicles at the Institute of Land and Sea Transport at the Technical University of Berlin (TU Berlin)

Janine Köhler 
Personnel Committee 
Chairwoman of the General Staff Council of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Prof. Dr. habil. rer. nat. Barbara Lenz 
Audit Committee 
Transport scientist

Ines Schmidt 
HR Strategy Development Officer of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

State Secretary Wolfgang Schyrocki 
Personnel Committee 
Senate Department for Finance

Horst Sommerfeld
Chairman of the Staff Council BO Technology of the Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG) Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts

Dr. Rainer Sontowski 
Former State Secretary and freelance political and management consultant

Dipl.-Ing. Volker Sparmann 
Audit Committee  
Chairman  
Chairman of the Management Board of the House of Logistics and Mobility (HOLM e.V.)

Sarah Stark 
Managing Director of the German Railway Industry Association (VDB)

State Secretary Johannes Wieczorek 
Audit Commitee 
Senate Department for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment