The Presidency of the DSW

Roles & Responsibilities

The Presidency is responsible for DSW's fundamental operational and strategic business. The Presidency is comprised of the president and his two vice presidents  plus up to four additional regular members. The members of the Presidency are elected by DSW's general assembly for a three-year term. 

Honorary presidents

Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff (†)

Retired Federal Minster, Bonn

Roland Oetker

Managing Partner of ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf

Presidency

Ulrich Hocker

Lawyer, Düsseldorf
President

Daniela Bergdolt

State Director of the DSW in Bavaria, lawyer, Munich
Vice President

Klaus Nieding

Lawyer, Frankfurt am Main
Vice President

Prof. Dr. Florian Drinhausen

Lawyer, Kronberg

Ulrich Grillo

Chairman of the board of Grillo-Werke AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr

Ulrich M. Harnacke

Certified public accountant, Mönchengladbach

Dr. rer. oec. Rolf Pohlig

Management consultant, Mülheim an der Ruhr