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Annual Report 2025

49. Board members and mandates

The Executive Board members and their mandates

JEROEN EIJSINK

Chairman of the Executive Board (since 01.10.2025)

M.Sc. Economics, Hamburg

First appointed: 2025
Current appointment: until 30.09.2028

Other mandates1

  • Ray Sono AG (until 23.09.2025)

  • CERP solution a.s., Prague (since 01.10.2025)

  • HHLA Frucht- und Kühl-Zentrum GmbH2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • HHLA International GmbH2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • HHLA Next GmbH2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • METRANS a.s., Prague2, (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • Ulrich Stein GmbH2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

  • UNIKAI Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg2 (Chair) (since 01.10.2025)

ANNETTE GEIß (FORMERLY WALTER)

Member of the Executive Board

Fully qualified business administration manager, Hamburg

First appointed: 2024
Current appointment: until 31.12.2026

Other mandates1

  • Fischmarkt Hamburg-Altona GmbH2 (Chair) (until 05.01.2026)

  • GHL Zweite Gesellschaft für Hafen- und Lagereiimmobilien-Verwaltung mbH2 (Chair)

  • Hansaport Hafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH4

  • HHLA Digital Next GmbH, Hamburg2 (until 27.10.2025)

  • HHLA Frucht- und Kühl-Zentrum GmbH2

  • HHLA Immobilien Speicherstadt GmbH2 (Chair)

  • HHLA Next GmbH

  • HHLA Rosshafen Terminal GmbH2

  • Ulrich Stein GmbH2

  • UNIKAI Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg2

  • Vodafone GmbH, Düsseldorf

JENS HANSEN

Member of the Executive Board

Fully qualified engineer, fully qualified business administration manager, Elmshorn

First appointed: 2017
Current appointment: until 31.03.2030

Other mandates1

  • Cuxcargo Hafenbetrieb GmbH & Co. KG, Cuxhaven4 (Chair)

  • Cuxcargo Hafenbetrieb Verwaltungs-GmbH, Cuxhaven4 (Chair)

  • DAKOSY Datenkommunikationssystem AG4 (Chair)

  • HCCR Hamburger Container- und Chassis-Reparatur- Gesellschaft mbH2 (Chair)

  • HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder GmbH2 (Chair)

  • HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai GmbH2 (Chair)

  • HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort GmbH2 (Chair)

  • HHLA International GmbH2

  • HHLA Rosshafen Terminal GmbH2

  • HHLA TK Estonia AS, Tallinn2 (Chair)

  • HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH2

  • HVCC Hamburg Vessel Coordination Center GmbH2

  • iSAM AG, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Chair)

  • HHLA Container Technik GmbH (formerly: SCA Service Center Altenwerder GmbH)2 (Chair)

  • Service Center Burchardkai GmbH2 (Chair)

TORBEN SEEBOLD

Member of the Executive Board

Fully qualified lawyer, Hamburg

First appointed: 2019
Current appointment: until 31.03.2027

Other mandates1

  • Berliner Hafen- und Lagerhausgesellschaft mbH, Berlin

  • Gesamthafenbetriebs-Gesellschaft mbH, Hamburg (Chair)

  • HHLA-Personal-Service GmbH2 (Chair)

  • Verwaltungsausschuss für den Hafenfonds der Gesamthafenbetriebs-Gesellschaft, Hamburg

Members of the Executive Board who departed in the reporting period

ANGELA TITZRATH

Chairwoman of the Executive Board until 30.09.2025

Economist (MA), Hamburg

Appointed: 2016

Other mandates1

  • CERP solution a.s., Prague (until 30.09.2025)

  • Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Cologne3

  • Evonik Industries AG, Essen3

  • HDI V. a. G.

  • HHLA Digital Next GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • HHLA Frucht- und Kühl-Zentrum GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • HHLA International GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • HHLA Next GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • HHLA Sky GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • HPC Hamburg Port Consulting GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • METRANS a.s., Prague2, (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • modility GmbH2 (Chair) (until 09.09.2025)

  • Talanx AG, Hanover3

  • Ulrich Stein GmbH2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)

  • UNIKAI Lagerei- und Speditionsgesellschaft mbH, Hamburg2 (Chair) (until 30.09.2025)


The Supervisory Board members and their mandates

MARCUS VITT (CHAIRMAN)

Banker, Hamburg

Managing Partner of Vitt4FUTURE GmbH

Supervisory Board member since: 01.10.2025

Other mandates1

  • None

ANDRÉ KRETSCHMAR (DEPUTY CHAIR)

Fully qualified social economist, Hamburg

Local manager of the Public and Private Services, Social Security and Transport division, ver.di, Hamburg

Supervisory Board member since: 01.04.2025

Other mandates1

  • HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH5

  • EMobG Services Germany GmbH

KRISTIN BERGER

Executive Master Business Administration, Ahrensburg

Chief Financial Officer, MSC Germany S.A. & Co. KG, Hamburg

Supervisory Board member since: 04.02.2025

Other mandates1

  • None

DR. ANDREAS DRESSEL

Solicitor, Hamburg

President of the Hamburg Ministry of Finance and Districts, member of the Federal Council

Supervisory Board member since: 01.10.2025

Other mandates1

  • FCH Finance City Hamburg GmbH5 (Chair)

  • GMH | Gebäudemanagement Hamburg GmbH5 (Chair)

  • HafenCity Hamburg GmbH5

  • Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank AöR5

  • Hamburg Marketing GmbH5 (until 02.06.2025)

  • HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH5 (Chair)

  • Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE5 (Member of the Board of Directors)

  • Sprinkenhof GmbH5 (Chair)

HUGUES FAVARD

Fellow Chartered Accountant, Chêne-Bourg, Switzerland

Chief Investment Officer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A., Geneva

Supervisory Board member since: 05.02.2025

Other mandates1

  • CO.NA.TE.Co SpA, Naples7

  • Investment Holding Limited s.à.r.l., Luxembourg7

  • Italo SpA, Rome7

  • Marinvest Srl, Naples7

  • Mediclinic plc, London7

  • Medtug Srl, Genoa7

  • Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE5, 7

  • Shipping Agencies Services s.à.r.l., Luxembourg7

  • SNAV SpA, Naples7

  • Terminal Investment Limited Holding SA, Geneva7

  • Terminal Investment Limited s.à.r.l., Luxembourg7

  • Wilson Sons S.A., Rio de Janeiro7

ALEXANDER GRANT

Bachelor of Engineering (B. Eng.), Welle

Head of IP4 Planning Systems, HHLA

Supervisory Board member since: July 2022

Other mandates1

  • None

HOLGER HEINZEL

Fully qualified business administration manager, Seevetal

Director of Finance and Controlling, HHLA

Supervisory Board member since: July 2022

Other mandates1

  • HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder GmbH2

  • HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai GmbH2

  • HCCR Hamburger Container- und Chassis-Reparatur Gesellschaft mbH2

  • HHLA Container Terminal Tollerort GmbH2

  • HHLA Container Technik GmbH (formerly: SCA Service Center Altenwerder GmbH2

  • Service Center Burchardkai GmbH2

  • Member of the Management Committee for the port workers’ welfare fund of GHB (Gesamthafenbetriebsgesellschaft mbH)

STEFAN KOOP

M. Sc. Economist (MA), Hamburg

HHLA Group Works Council Officer

Supervisory Board member since: July 2022

Other mandates1

  • None

KATHARINA KRISTON

Solicitor, Hamburg

Head / Senate Director of the Central Office, Assigned Head of Budget and CDO at the Hamburg Ministry of Economics, Labour and Innovation

Supervisory Board member since: 01.10.2025

Other mandates1

  • ReGe Hamburg Projektrealisierungsgesellschaft mbH5

FRANZISKA REISENER

Port specialist, Tiste

Handling Management, HHLA

Supervisory Board member since: July 2022

Other mandates1

  • None

MAREN ULBRICH

Political scientist, M.A., Berlin

Branch Director for the Maritime Economy, ver.di Division (Bundesfachbereich) B

Supervisory Board member since: February 2024

Other mandates1

  • Hapag-Lloyd AG3, 6

SØREN TOFT

Executive MBA, Geneva, Switzerland

Chief Executive Officer, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A.

Supervisory Board member since: 24.05.2025

Other mandates1

  • Log-In Logística Intermodal S.A., Rio de Janeiro7

  • MedTug SA, Geneva7

  • MedTug S.p.A., Genoa7

  • MSC Air Cargo Holding SA, Geneva7

  • MSC Air Cargo SA, Geneva7

  • Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE5, 7

  • Terminal Investment Limited Holding SA, Geneva7

  • Terminal Investment Limited s.à.r.l., Luxembourg7


Members who departed in the reporting period

BERTHOLD BOSE (VICE CHAIRMAN)

Automotive electrician, Marburg

Trade union secretary, ver.di Hamburg

Supervisory Board member until: 31.03.2025

Other mandates1

  • Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg GmbH, Hamburg

PROF. DR. RÜDIGER GRUBE (CHAIRMAN)

Fully qualified engineer, Hamburg

Managing Partner of Rüdiger Grube International Business Leadership GmbH

Supervisory Board member until: 30.09.2025

Other mandates1

  • Alstom Transportation Deutschland GmbH, Berlin (Chair)

  • Deufol SE, Hofheim am Taunus

  • EUREF AG, Berlin (Chair)

  • Meta Wolf AG, Kranichfeld (until 31.01.2025)

  • Vodafone GmbH, Düsseldorf (Chair)

  • Vossloh AG, Werdohl3 (Chair)

DR. NORBERT KLOPPENBURG

Fully qualified agricultural engineer, Hamburg

International investment and financing consultant

Supervisory Board member until: 10.01.2025

Other mandates1

  • None

BETTINA LENTZ

Fully qualified economist, Hamburg

State Secretary of the Hamburg Ministry of Finance, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg

Supervisory Board member until: 06.01.2025

Other mandates1

  • Hamburg Port Authority AöR5

ANDREAS RIECKHOF

MA in history, political science and social/economic history, Hamburg

State Secretary of the Hamburg Ministry for Economics, Labour and Innovation

Supervisory Board member until: 30.09.2025

Other mandates1

  • Food Cluster Hamburg GmbH (since 01.01.2025) 5

  • Flughafen Hamburg GmbH5 (Chair)

  • HHT Hamburg Tourismus GmbH5 (Chair)

  • HIW Hamburg Invest Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH5 (Chair)

  • HMC Hamburg Messe und Congress GmbH5 (Chair)

  • Life Science Nord Management GmbH5 (Chair in even years)

  • ReGe Hamburg Projekt-Realisierungsgesellschaft mbH5 (Chair)

  • ZAL Zentrum für Angewandte Luftfahrtforschung GmbH5 (Chair)

DR. SIBYLLE ROGGENCAMP

Fully qualified economist, Flintbek

Head of the Office for Investment Management at the Hamburg Ministry of Finance

Supervisory Board member until: 30.09.2025

Other mandates1

  • Elbphilharmonie und Laeiszhalle Service GmbH5

  • Flughafen Hamburg GmbH5

  • Hamburg Musik GmbH5

  • Hamburger Hochbahn AG5

  • Hamburgischer Versorgungsfonds AöR5

  • Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) KöR5

PROF. DR. BURKHARD SCHWENKER

Fully qualified business administration manager, Hamburg

Chairman of the Advisory Council of Roland Berger GmbH

Supervisory Board member until: 23.05.2025

Other mandates1

  • Flughafen Hamburg GmbH5

  • Hamburger Sparkasse AG (HASPA), Hamburg (Chair)

  • HASPA Finanzholding (President of the Board of Directors)

  • M.M. Warburg & Co. KGaA, Hamburg


1 Seats on statutory supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of domestic and foreign companies

2 HHLA holds a majority interest (directly or indirectly). Registered office in Hamburg unless otherwise stated

3 Listed

4 HHLA holds a non-controlling or equal interest (directly or indirectly). Registered office in Hamburg unless otherwise stated

5 Company associated with the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (excluding HHLA Group companies). Registered office in Hamburg unless otherwise stated

6 The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (excluding HHLA Group companies) holds a non-controlling interest. Registered office in Hamburg unless otherwise stated

7 Investee for the MSC Group

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