Supervisory Board
Prof Herbert Sonntag
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Personal details
Born in 1946 in Legau / Allgäu
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2009, Chairman since 2014
Professional background
| 2002 – 2019 | Professor of Traffic Logistics and Head of the Traffic Logistics Research Group at the Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences |
| 1976 – 2001 | Founding shareholder and subsequently Executive Board member of IVU Traffic Technologies AG |
| 1977 | Awarded a doctorate in Engineering (Operations Research), Technische Universität Berlin |
| 1973 | Awarded a degree in Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin |
Board memberships
- Member of the Advisory Board and honorary member of LNBB Logistiknetz Berlin-Brandenburg e.V.
- Appointee for the Land Brandenburg of Allianz pro Schiene e.V.
- Visiting professor DKU Kazakh-German University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Visiting professor GTU Georgian Technical University, Tiflis, Georgia
Ute Witt
Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Personal details
Born in 1956 in Remscheid
Member and Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board since 1 July 2018
Professional background
| 2018 – present | Managing Partner of FinTax policy advice GmbH |
| 1987 – 2018 | Corporate Tax Partner of Ernst & Young GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft |
| 2011 – 2017 | Lecturer at the University of Potsdam, Lecturer in Tax Accounting Law |
| 1990 | Examination to qualify as a public auditor |
| 1985 | Examination to qualify as a tax consultant |
| 1980 | Degree in Business Administration, University of Cologne |
Board memberships
- Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Sellutions AG
- Vice-Chairwoman, Treasurer and Head of the Budget Committee of the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Member of the Tax Committee and of the Advisory Board of the German Industry and Trade Federation, Berlin
- Member of the Federal Commissions for Taxes, the Budget and Finances as well as Family Businesses and SMEs in the Economic Council of the CDU
- Member of the Advisory Board of Potsdamer Steuerforum e.V.
- Member of the Economic Advisory Board in the Brandenburg Cathedral Chapter
Dr Heiner Bente
Personal details
Born in 1956 in Bochum
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2019
Professional background
| 2017 – present | Senior Advisor, civity Management Consultants |
| 2010 – 2017 | Chairman of the Advisory Board and Senior Advisor, civity Management Consultants |
| 1991 – 2008 | Founder, Partner and Managing Director, BSL Management Consultants |
| 1984 – 1990 | Mummert + Partner Management Consultancy |
| 1984 | Doctorate in Engineering |
| 1979 – 1983 | Research Assistant, Ruhr University Bochum, Insitute for Energy Economics |
| 1979 | Degree in Physics, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe |
Prof. Barbara Lenz
Personal details
Born in 1955 in Stuttgart
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2019
Professional background
| 2007 – present | Dirctor of the Institute of Transport Research at the German Aerospace Center |
| 2003 – present | Professor for Traffic Geography, Humboldt University of Berlin |
| 2002 – 2006 | Head of the research group „Space and Traffic“, German Aerospace Center, Institute of Transport Research |
| 2001 | Habilitation, University of Stuttgart |
| 1994 | Doctorate, University of Stuttgart |
| 1989 – 2002 | Resarch Assistant, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Geography |
| 1988 – 1989 | Teacher, Privates Gymnasium Merz, Stuttgart |
| 1986 – 1988 | Trainee, Staatliches Seminar für Pädagogik am Gymnasium |
| 1982 | Degree in Geography and German Studies, University of Stuttgart |
| 1973 – 1975 | Editorial Apprenticeship, Verlag Waiblinger Kreiszeitung |
Board memberships
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG)
