Members of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board of Allianz SE consists of twelve members divided equally into six shareholder representatives and six employee representatives. In accordance with the SE regulations, the Chairman of the Supervisory Board must be a shareholder representative. Dr. Jörg Schneider has been elected Chairman. The vice chairpersons of the Supervisory Board are Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas and Gabriele Burkhardt-Berg.

The distribution of seats for the employee representatives assigns four seats to Germany and one each to France and to Italy. The most recent elections to the Supervisory Board took place at the Annual General Meeting 2026.

Shareholder representatives

Dr. Jörg Schneider

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Former Chief Financial Officer, Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München (Munich Re)
Personal details	Date of birth September 29, 1958 Place of birth Duisburg, Germany Place of residence Eichenau, Germany Nationality German
First appointment Elected until	May 2024 Annual General Meeting 2028
Committees	Standing Committee (Chairman) Personnel Committee (Chairman) Audit Committee Risk Committee (Chairman) Technology Committee Nomination Committee (Chairman) Sustainability Committee Committees
Education	Bachelor of business administration (BA) First state examination for lawyers, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Second state examination for lawyers, Bavaria PhD (Dr Jur), Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
Professional career	1988 – 1993 Munich Re, participations management expert 1993 – 1997 Munich Re, Head of Participations 1997 – 2000 Munich Re, Head of Group Investments 2000 – 2001 Munich Re, Member of the Board of Management, responsible for IT, credit and surety insurance 2001 – 2018 Munich Re, Member of the Board of Management, Chief Financial Officer
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas

Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas

Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Former Chief Financial Officer, Siemens AG
Personal details	Date of birth March 7, 1961 Place of birth Nuremberg, Germany Place of residence Marloffstein, Germany
First appointment Elected until	May 2025 Annual General Meeting 2029
Committees	Standing Committee Personnel Committee Audit Committee Risk Committee Technology Committee Committees
Education	Apprenticeship in Business Administration Diploma in Business Administration, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg PhD (Dr. rer. pol.), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nuremberg
Professional career	1995 – 1999 Siemens AG, Controller 1999 – 2001 Siemens Ltd., South Africa, Head of Accounting and Treasury 2001 – 2002 Siemens Medical Solutions, Performance Controller 2002 – 2004 Siemens Medical Solutions, CFO of the Angiography, Fluoroscopic and Radiographic Systems Division 2004 – 2008 Siemens AG, Head of Corporate Finance Accounting, Controlling, Reporting and Taxes 2008 – 2013 Siemens AG, Chief Financial Officer of the Industry Sector 2013 – 2026 Siemens AG, Member of the Board of Management, Chief Financial Officer
Membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany	Siemens Healthineers AG (Siemens Group company, Chairman)
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)	Siemens Proprietary Ltd., South Africa (Siemens Group company, Chairman)
	Listed company

Sophie Boissard

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Chairwoman of the Board of Management, Clariane SE
Personal details	Date of birth July 11, 1970 Place of birth Paris, France Place of residence Paris, France Nationality French
First appointment Re-election Elected until	May 2017 May 2022 and May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2029
Committees	Standing Committee Nomination Committee Sustainability Committee Committees
Education	Bachelor’s degree in German Studies, Sorbonne University, Paris, France Graduate of the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris, France Master's degree in Contemporary History, Sorbonne University, Paris, France Graduate of the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and the École Nationale d'Administration (ENA), France Executive Training Program, London Business School, United Kingdom
Professional career	1996 – 2004 State Council, Paris, France, Judge 2004 – 2005 Ministry of Labour, Paris, France, Deputy Chief of Staff 2005 – 2007 Office of the Prime Minister, Paris, France, Director General, Strategic Analysis Centre 2007 – 2008 Ministry of Finance and Labour, Paris, France, Deputy Office Manager 2008 – 2009 Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), Paris, France, Executive Director, Rail Strategy & Regulation 2009 – 2012 SNCF, Member of the Management Board, Director General of the Stations & Connections Division 2012 – 2014 SNCF, Member of the Management Board, Deputy Director General of Strategy & Development 2014 – 2015 SNCF, Member of the Management Board, Director General of the Real Estate Division Since 2016 Clariane SE (formerly Korian SE), Paris, France, Chairwoman of the Management Board
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)	Eiffage S.A., France
Listed company

Stephanie Bruce

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Former Chief Financial Officer, abrdn plc.
Personal details	Date of birth November 16, 1968 Place of birth Glasgow, United Kingdom Place of residence Edinburgh and London, United Kingdom Nationality British
First appointment Elected until	May 2024 Annual General Meeting 2028
Committees	Risk Committee Nomination Committee Sustainability Committee (Chairwoman) Committees
Education	Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.), University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom Chartered Accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Scotland Associate of Association of Corporate Treasurers
Professional career	1990 – 2002 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, London, United Kingdom, various positions in the provision of auditing and advisory services for investment and insurance companies 2002 – 2009 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Partner, Audit, Risk Assurance and Treasury Solutions Group 2009 – 2012 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Head of Financial Services Scotland 2012 – 2016 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Head of Assurance Scotland 2016 – 2019 PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Head of Financial Services, Assurance United Kingdom & Regions of the United Kingdom 2019 – 2023 abrdn plc., Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Member of the Board of Directors and Chief Financial Officer 2024 – 2025 Phoenix Group Holdings plc., London, United Kingdom, Interim Chief Financial Officer
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)	Kane Topco Ltd. (parent company of True Potential Group Ltd.) True Potential Group Ltd.

Rashmy Chatterjee

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Non-executive Director, ISTARI Global Ltd.
Personal details	Date of birth December 23, 1963 Place of birth Agra, India Place of residence London, UK Nationality Singaporean
First appointment Re-election Elected until	May 2022 May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Technology Committee (Chairwoman) Committees
Education	Bachelor of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Professional career	1986 – 1995 Indian Navy, New Delhi, Deputy Director of Naval Design 1996 – 1998 IBM Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Program Director, Emerging Markets Software 1999 – 2002 IBM Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Marketing Manager 2002 – 2004 IBM Asia Pacific, Singapore, Director Marketing 2005 – 2009 IBM ASEAN/SA, Singapore, Director IBM Software 2009 – 2010 IBM Asia Pacific, Singapore, Vice President Partnerships and Alliances 2011 – 2014 IBM Security, New York, USA, Integration Executive for the newly created cybersecurity business unit 2014 – 2018 IBM North America, New York, USA, Chief Marketing Officer 2018 – 2019 IBM Cybersecurity, New York, USA, Global Sales Leader 2020 – 2025 ISTARI Global Ltd., London, UK, Chief Executive Officer Since 2026 ISTARI Global Ltd., London, UK, Non-executive Director
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)	ISTARI International (UK) Ltd., United Kingdom (ISTARI Group Company) Sygnia, Inc., Israel (ISTARI Group Company, Chairwoman)

Dr. Frank Ellenbürger

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Independent auditor and tax advisor
Personal details	Date of birth March 17, 1960 Place of birth Wuppertal, Germany
First appointment Elected until	May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Audit Committee (Chairman) Committees
Education	Training as an insurance agent at Victoria Versicherungsgesellschaften Studied business administration and subsequently obtained a doctorate from the University of Cologne Tax advisor exam Certified public accountant exam
Professional career	1988 – 1998 KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Associate and Manager 1998 – 2021 KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Partner in the financial services practice 2006 – 2020 KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Head of the German insurance practice 2006 – 2021 Member of the global leadership team of KPMG’s insurance practice 2006 – 2013 Head of KPMG’s global insurance practice 2006 – 2007 Head of KPMG’s US insurance practice 2019 – 2021 Head of KPMG’s European insurance practice Since 2021 Independent auditor and tax advisor
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
Membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)	MS Amlin AG (MS Reinsurance), Switzerland

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Employee representatives

Gabriele Burkhardt-Berg

Vice Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Employee, Allianz Versicherungs-Aktiengesellschaft
Personal details	Date of birth May 20, 1960 Place of birth Dresden, Germany Place of residence Hamburg, Germany Nationality German
First appointment Re-election Elected until	May 2012 May 2017, May 2022 and May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Personnel Committee Technology Committee Sustainability Committee Committees
Education	Training for insurance clerk (Versicherungskauffrau)
Professional career	1979 – 2001 Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Cologne – clerk and deputy head of different departments 2002 – 2008 Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Cologne – Chair of the Works Council released of normal duties Since 2008 Allianz Deutschland AG, Cologne – Chair of the Works Council released of normal duties 2007 – 2011 Allianz Deutschland AG, Munich – Chair of the Central Works Council Since 2011 Allianz SE, Munich – Chair of the Group Works Council
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

Prof. Dr. Nadine Brandl

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Head of the Law and Legal Policy Department, Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di, Federal Administration
Personal details	Date of birth June 13, 1975 Place of birth Magdeburg, Germany Place of residence Cologne, Germany Nationality German
First appointment Re-election Elected until	August 2024 May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Audit Committee Committees
Education	First state examination for lawyers (1. Jur. “Staatsexamen”), Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg Second state examination for lawyers (2. Jur. “Staatsexamen”), North Rhine-Westphalia PhD (Dr Jur), Martin Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Professional career	2010 – 2019 Lawyer, i.a. with Schwegler Rechtsanwälte 2012 – 2017 Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation, Head of the Labour and Social Law Division 2017 Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI), Hans Böckler Foundation, Department Head 2017 – 2020 German Trade Union Confederation (DGB), Head of the Law Department Since 2019 EurAA – Anwälte für Arbeitnehmer – Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH, lawyer Since 2020 Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di, Federal Administration, Head of the Law and Legal Policy Department 2013-2020 Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf Since 2021 Honorary Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany	Deutsche Börse AG
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)
	Listed company

Giovanni Battista Comini

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Employee, Allianz S.p.A.
Personal details	Date of birth April 8, 1985 Place of birth Brescia, Italy Place of residence Brescia, Italy Nationality Italian
First appointment Elected until	May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Risk Committee Committees
Education	Diploma of Industrial Expert, Chief Technician: Electronics and Telecommunications, I.T.I. Don Bosco Bachelor’s degree Legal Sciences, University of Brescia, Italy Master’s degree Law, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Professional career	2009 – 2010 Guber SpA, Brescia, Italy, Asset Manager 2011 – 2014 FondiariaSai/UnipolSai, Brescia, Italy, Claims Adjuster Since 2014 Allianz S.p.A., Brescia, Italy, Claims Adjuster
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

Lars Grote

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Employee, Allianz SE
Personal details	Date of birth September 17, 1974 Place of birth Rinteln, Germany Place of residence Schwabmünchen, Germany Nationality German
First appointment Elected until	May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Risk Committee Sustainability Committee Committees
Education	Diploma in Business Mathematics, University of Bielefeld
Professional career	2002 – 2004 PricewaterhouseCoopers AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Associate Financial Services 2004 – 2005 RWE AG, Analyst Group Risk Management 2005 – 2007 Allianz SE, Actuary in property and casualty reinsurance 2007 – 2010 Allianz SE, Reinsurance Branch, Dublin, and Allianz Re Dublin Ltd., Ireland, Head of Actuarial 2010 – 2012 Allianz SE, Group Planning and Controlling, Expert 2012 – 2017 Allianz SE, Group Actuarial Non-Life, Actuary Since January 2018 Allianz SE, Group Risk P&C Center of Competence, Actuary
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

Jean-Claude Le Goaër

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Employee, Allianz I.A.R.D. S.A
Personal details	Date of birth March 14, 1965 Place of birth Saint-Cloud, France Place of residence Marly le Roi, France Nationality French
First appointment Re-election Elected until	August 2018 May 2022 and May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Standing Committee Audit Committee Committees
Education	Certificate of general mathematics Engineering degree in nutrition and food industries, École Nationale Supérieure de Biologie Appliquée à la Nutrition et l'Alimentation, Dijon, France
Professional career	1991 – 2002 Assurances Générales de France S.A., Paris (since 2009 Allianz France S.A.), analyst for the group retirement savings products, analyst in the claims sector of P&C insurances, manager of the IT team 2000 – 2015 AGF Informatique, Paris (since 2009 Allianz Informatique G.I.E.), Treasurer of the Works Council and Trade Union Representative of Confédération française démocratique du travail (CFDT, French trade union federation) Since 2002 Judge at the Labour Court Since 2012 CFDT, Member of the insurance department Since 2014 Allianz SE, Deputy Chairman of the SE Works Council 2015 – 2019 Allianz Informatique G.I.E., Paris, Secretary of the Works Council Allianz Opérations Allianz France S.A., Deputy Treasurer of the Common Works Council Since 2019 Allianz France S.A., Member of the CSE (Comité Social et Economique - Social and Economic Committee)
No membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

Jürgen Lawrenz

Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz SE

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Position	Employee, Allianz Technology SE
Personal details	Date of birth April 1, 1963 Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany Place of residence Winnenden, Germany Nationality German
First appointment Re-election Elected until	August 2015 May 2017, May 2022 and May 2026 Annual General Meeting 2030
Committees	Standing Committee Technology Committee Committees
Education	Advanced technical college entrance certificate (Fachhochschulreife) Apprenticeship as office machine electronics technician
Professional career	1987 – 1991 Bunker Ramo Corp. (later Philips PKI AG), systems engineer for banking systems 1991 – 1998 Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG, Stuttgart, systems programmer Since 1999 Allianz Gesellschaft für Informatik Services GmbH (later Allianz Managed Operations & Services SE), systems programmer / IT engineer in various areas; works council activitiy, inter alia Deputy Chairman of the Central Works Council Since 2011 Allianz SE, Deputy Chairman of the Goup Works Council Since 2013 Allianz Managed Operations & Services SE, Chairman of the SE Works Council Since 2015 Allianz SE, member of the SE Works Council Since 2018 Allianz SE, Chairman of the SE Works Council
Membership in other statutory supervisory and SE administrative boards in Germany	Allianz Technology SE
No membership in comparable supervisory bodies (listed on a stock exchange or more than 500 employees)

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Members of the Supervisory Board

Shareholder representatives

Dr. Jörg Schneider

Prof. Dr. Ralf P. Thomas

Sophie Boissard

Stephanie Bruce

Rashmy Chatterjee

Dr. Frank Ellenbürger

Employee representatives

Gabriele Burkhardt-Berg

Prof. Dr. Nadine Brandl

Giovanni Battista Comini

Lars Grote

Jean-Claude Le Goaër

Jürgen Lawrenz

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