Katrin Suder becomes Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post

The shareholders of Deutsche Post AG have overwhelmingly approved the proposals of the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board at today’s Annual General Meeting in Bonn. Among other things, the Annual General Meeting decided with 99.95 percent of the votes to distribute a dividend at the previous year’s level of 1.85 euros per share. The total distribution amounts to approximately 2.1 billion euros.

(Bonn) Melanie Kreis, CFO of the DHL Group, explains: “Reliability and dividend continuity are of great importance to our investors and therefore form the cornerstones of our financial strategy. The constant dividend, along with the continued, increased, and accelerated share buyback program, underscores the high relevance of an attractive shareholder return for us.”

Executive Board and Supervisory Board discharged by a large majority

The shareholders voted overwhelmingly in favor of discharging the Executive Board and Supervisory Board (97.95 percent and 99.30 percent of the votes).

The Annual General Meeting also decided to re-elect Ingrid Deltenre (64) until the Annual General Meeting in 2028 (97.98 percent of the votes) and Lawrence Rosen (67) until the Annual General Meeting in 2029 (92.49 percent of the votes). Ingrid Deltenre has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2016 and is a member of the Presidential Committee, the Personnel Committee, and the Nomination Committee. Lawrence Rosen has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2020 and has been a member of the Finance and Audit Committee since 2022. Professor Dr. Georg Pölzl (68), former CEO of Österreichische Post, was newly elected to the Supervisory Board until the Annual General Meeting in 2029 (98.05 percent of the votes). The previous Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Nikolaus von Bomhard (68), decided not to stand for re-election after two terms; his term ended with today’s Annual General Meeting.

Tobias Meyer, CEO of the DHL Group, says: “Nikolaus von Bomhard was a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG for almost nine years, serving as Chairman since 2018. Under his leadership, the company further internationalized and successfully navigated the challenging times during and after the COVID pandemic. His extraordinary experience in corporate governance and his calm, visionary manner have shaped the productive collaboration between the Supervisory Board and the Executive Board. On behalf of the entire Executive Board and the company, I sincerely thank him for his work and commitment to the benefit of our company and personally for his trust and support.”

Deloitte GmbH Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft was appointed as the auditor and reviewer of the sustainability report. The Annual General Meeting also overwhelmingly approved the new remuneration system for the Executive Board (95.39 percent of the votes) as well as the remuneration report (96.74 percent of the votes).

In the course of the voting on the agenda items, an average of valid votes from 783,559,827 shares were represented. This corresponds to 65.30 percent of the eligible share capital 2024: 63.17 percent).

Supervisory Board elects Katrin Suder as Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board

Following the Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Katrin Suder (53) as the new Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board. The physicist is a recognized expert in artificial intelligence, digitalization, cybersecurity, and geopolitics. She worked as a management consultant at McKinsey and as State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Defense. Katrin Suder was also the Chairwoman of the Digital Council of the German Federal Government.

Photo: © Deutsche Post DHL / Image caption: The new Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board, Katrin Suder (left), with CEO Tobias Meyer