Kurt Zech (Werder building contractor and executive partner of the ZECH group), Andreas Hoetzel (company communications leader at BLG Logistics Groups AG & Co. KG) and Thomas Krohne (President of the German football association) will shortly take over their positions. Marco Bode, chairman of the Werder supervisory board, was also re-elected by the members eligible to vote at the general assembly. Marco Fuchs (Chairman of OHB System AG) and Alex Plaat (SV Werder treasurer) also join the supervisory board committee.
Moreover, Philipp Mehrtens, president of the Bremen Athletics Association, was chosen to be the first candidate, as well as Gunnar Lübben-Rathjen, a non-executive director at SV Werder from as early as 1999 to 2012 and former member of the board for the handball department, who was selected as the second candidate. The newly-elected board of directors will be formerly appointed at a company general meeting by the club, which is being scheduled for the end of the year.