Corporate Governance

Supervisory Board

Dr Hans-Holger Albrecht

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Chairman of the Executive Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Member since 2018 - Appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Umhausen, Austria

Year of birth: 1963

Nationality: German

Current profession: Member of the Board of Deezer S.A., Paris, France, and London, United Kingdom (listed)

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE Member: Since 2018, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Chairman of the Executive Committee and member of the Audit Committee

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Mr Albrecht maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies (other than the Supervisory Board) or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other board positions: Mr Albrecht is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Storytel AB, Stockholm, Schweden (listed), non-executive member of the Board of Directors of VEON Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda (listed); and Chairman of the Board, Superbet Holding SA, Bucarest, Romania.

Education: Mr Albrecht studied German law at the University of Freiburg, Germany, and completed his studies with the law degree. In addition, he holds a Ph.D. in Law of the University of Bochum, Germany.

Career:

  • Mr Albrecht started his career in 1991 at RTL Group as a director, where he oversaw business and development in Germany and Eastern Europe. Between 1998 and 2000, he served as President and CEO of the broadcasting company Viasat A.B., Stockholm, Sweden. He was responsible for merging Modern Times Group’s free TV and pay TV units into one company.
  • As of 2000, he was President and CEO of Modern Times Group, Stockholm, Sweden, and London, United Kingdom, and in charge of one of Europe’s larger media groups with TV, Radio, Publishing, Production and New Media assets. In 2012, Mr Albrecht became President and CEO of Millicom International, London, United Kingdom, and Miami, United States, a digital lifestyle company offering mobile, cable, DTH, television and digital services in Africa and Latin America.
  • Mr Albrecht took up his current position in 2015 and joined Deezer S.A., Paris, France, and London, United Kingdom, as CEO and member of the board. Deezer is one of the leading music streaming services in the world and operates in 180 countries, has more than 40m music tracks and offers customer a free and a subscription model.
  • Hans-Holger Albrecht is an internationally experienced manager in the field of media, digital, telecommunication and direct customer business across several continents. He is currently leading one of the largest music streaming companies in the world, offering music and other audio products in 180 countries to 15m customers. He has over 20 years of international experience in running media, digital and telecom enterprises as the CEO of listed companies with a focus on growth, innovation, and long-term value creation.

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Christoph Brand

Member of the Supervisory Board

Member of the Remuneration Committee
Member since 2019 - Appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Hedingen, Switzerland

Year of birth: 1969

Nationality: Swiss

Current profession: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Axpo Holding AG, Baden, Switzerland (non-listed)

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE: Member since 2019, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Member of the Remuneration Committee

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Mr Brand maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies (other than the Supervisory Board) or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other board positions: Mr Brand is Chairman of the Board of Directors (Verwaltungsrat) of Centralschweizerische Kraftwerke AG, Lucerne, Switzerland (a majority owned subsidiary of Axpo Holding AG) (non-listed). Mr Brand is also a member of the Board of Directors of gfm Schweizerische Gesellschaft für Marketing, Zurich, Switzerland (pro bono, non-listed) as well as member of the Board of Directors (Verwaltungsrat) of AMAG Group AG, Cham, Schweiz (non-listed).

Education: Mr Brand studied economics at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and graduated as lic.rer.pol..

Career:

  • From 1998 and 2006, Mr Brand held various posts in several companies of the Swisscom group: At first, he was CEO of Bluewin AG, Zurich (1998-2002), then Executive Vice President Swisscom Fixnet Wholesale of Swisscom Fixnet AG, Zurich und Bern (2002-2005), and finally Chief Strategy Officer of Swisscom AG, Bern (all Switzerland).
  • In the years between 2006 and 2010, Mr Brand filled the position of CEO of Sunrise Communications AG, Zurich, Switzerland. Thereafter, he was CEO and shareholder of Adcubum AG, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
  • From 2012 until March 2020, Mr Brand has been acting for TX Group AG (formerly Tamedia AG), Zurich, Switzerland, finally as CEO of TX Markets, which is responsible for the entire portfolio of classifieds and online marketplaces platforms of TX Group AG. Furthermore, he held various positions in the following subsidiaries of TX Markets until March 2020: Homegate AG, Zurich (Chairman of Board of Directors), JobCloud AG, Zurich (Vice President of Board of Directors), Tamedia Espace AG, Bern (Member of Board of Directors), Ricardo AG, Zug (Chairman of Board of Directors), CAR FOR YOU AG, Zurich (Chairman of Board of Directors) (all Switzerland) and Trendsales ApS, Copenhagen, Denmark (Chairman of Board of Directors).
  • Christoph Brand is an experienced and renowned general manager with strategic and operational as well as executive and board experience in listed, private-equity and family-owned companies. He has an in-depth experience in the fields of Internet, Telecoms, Media and IT, B2C and B2B, i.a. through his first-hand experience and leading role in digital transformation of two industries (telecoms and internet/media). Furthermore, he has a proven track record in buildup, turnaround and restructuring.

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Dr Elke Frank

Member of the Supervisory Board

Chairwoman of the Renumeration Committee
Member since 2020 - appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Stuttgart, Germany

Year of birth: 1971

Nationality: German

Current profession: Member of the Executive Board of Software AG for Human Resources, Transformation, Legal and IT, Darmstadt, Germany (listed)

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE: Member since 2020, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Ms Frank maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other Board Positions: Ms Frank is a member of the Kuratorium of the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Stuttgart, Germany, a constituent entity of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V., Munich, Germany, since 2018 (pro bono, non-listed).

Education: Ms Frank studied law at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Furthermore, she holds a doctorate degree in law from her alma mater.

Career:

  • Elke Frank started her career with Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, where she worked in various legal and human resources leadership positions in the Daimler group between 1998 and 2010. From 2004 on, she served as Senior Director Human Resources, Legal & Compliance for MercedesAMG GmbH, a subsidiary of Daimler AG.
  • In the years 2010 to 2013, Ms Frank was a member of the global senior management team of Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH, Aalen, Germany, where she held the position of Vice President Human Resources.
  • Thereafter, Ms Frank became a member of the Management Board of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, Munich, Germany, and she served as Senior Director Human Resources from 2013 to 2015.
  • Between 2015 and 2019, Ms Frank was Senior Vice President Human Resources Development of Deutsche Telekom AG, Bonn, Germany. At the same time, she worked as Managing Director Telekom Training and University of Applied Sciences Telecommunication.
  • Elke Frank is a renowned and accomplished leader with more than twenty years of management experience in Human Resources, Transformation and Legal, which she gained from different high growth international corporations. She also has a strong legal background and a deep understanding of information technology, digitalization and cyber security as well as transformation and strategy.

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Frank H. Lutz

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Executive Committee
Member since 2019 - Appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Munich, Germany

Year of birth: 1968

Nationality: German

Current profession: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CRX Markets AG (non-listed)

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE: Member since 2019, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Chairman of the Audit Committee and member of the Executive Committee.

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Mr Lutz maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies (other than the Supervisory Board) or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other board positions: Mr Lutz is a Supervisory Board member of Bilfinger SE, Mannheim, Germany (listed).

Education: Mr Lutz has a master’s degree in economics and business administration of the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

Career:

  • Mr Lutz began his career in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in 1995 and he expanded it with Deutsche Bank in 2005. He worked in Germany, in the UK and in the USA.
  • In 2006, Mr Lutz started with MAN, where he first worked as finance director and Senior Vice President Finance. From 2009, he was a Management Board member as Chief Financial Officer (CFO). In this position, he was responsible inter alia for the restructuring measures required by the financial crisis.
  • In 2013 and 2014, Mr Lutz was CFO of Aldi Süd and a member of the Coordination Board.
  • In the years between 2014 and 2017, Mr Lutz held the positions of CFO and Labour Director at Covestro AG. He oversaw the split-off from Bayer AG and the subsequent initial public offering (IPO) and MDAX listing.
  • Since 2018, Mr Lutz has been CEO of CRX Markets AG, a young company that operates an independent marketplace for asset-based financing solutions.
  • Frank H. Lutz is one of the leading CFOs in Germany, with more than 20 years of international experience in capital markets and M&A. Besides his experience as the CFO of a DAX30 company and of a MDAX company, he has extensive knowledge from his time in investment banking. As the CEO of a FinTech company, he also has knowledge and experience in digital innovations.

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André Schwämmlein

Member of the Supervisory Board

Member of the Audit Committee
Member since 2017 - appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Munich, Germany

Year of birth: 1981

Nationality: German

Current profession: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) FlixMobility GmbH

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE Member: Since 2019, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Member of the Audit Committee

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Mr Schwämmlein maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies (other than the Supervisory Board) or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other Board Positions: Mr Schwämmlein is a member of the Supervisory Board of the listed ABOUT YOU Holding AG (stock exchange listed), Hamburg and a member of the Supervisory Board of ABOUT YOU Verwaltungs AG (not listed).

Education: Mr Schwämmlein has a degree in industrial engineering from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany.

Career:

  • Already during his studies, Mr Schwämmlein founded an IT start-up.
  • From 2007 to 2010, he worked as a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group.
  • In 2012, with two others, Mr Schwämmlein founded the FlixBus platform for long-distance bus travel and is still one of the managing directors of the company. He is responsible for the operational management as well as for the coordination of the bus partner structure and the global development of the long-distance network. Today the company is the European market leader with more than 100 million customers in the recent years and is represented in 28 European countries as well as in the USA.
  • André Schwämmlein is an experienced and renowned manager for digital business. Due to his development of FlixBus from a start-up to a global operating platform, he has an in-depth understanding of high-growth digital companies and the marketplace model. He also has extensive M&A knowledge and experience resulting from the takeovers of former competitors by FlixBus.

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Peter Schwarzenbauer

Member of the Supervisory Board

Member of the Executive Committee
Member of the Renumeration Committee
Member since 2017 - appointed until 2024

Place of residence: Munich, Germany

Year of birth: 1959

Nationality: German

Current profession: Former member of the Management Board of BMW AG (2012-2019)

Supervisory Board Scout24 SE Member: Since 2017, last elected in 2020, end of current term of office: 2024
Member of the Executive Committee and the Remuneration Committee

Other links to Scout24 SE: Based on the Supervisory Board’s evaluation, Mr Schwarzenbauer maintains no personal or business relations with Scout24 SE, its governing bodies (other than the Supervisory Board) or any shareholders with a material interest in the company, which had to be disclosed pursuant to the recommendation of the German Corporate Governance Code regarding the Supervisory Board’s election proposals to the General Meeting.

Other board positions: Mr Schwarzenbauer is a member of the Supervisory Board of UnternehmerTUM GmbH, Munich, Germany, as well as a member of the Advisory Board of Lunewave, Inc., Tucson (AZ), and Mobility Impact Partners LLC, New York (NY), both United States, as well as chairman of the Advisory Board of company bike solutions GmbH, Munich, Germany (all non-listed).

Education: Mr Schwarzenbauer holds a diploma in business administration of the University of Applied Sciences Munich, Germany.

Career:

  • From 1994 until 2008, Mr Schwarzenbauer filled various positions at the Porsche Group, serving amongst others as Managing Director of Porsche Iberica S.A. for 6 years and as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Porsche Cars North America Inc. for 5 years. Between 2008 and 2012, he was a member of the Management Board of Audi AG.
  • Between 2012 and 2019, Mr Schwarzenbauer was a member of the Management Board of BMW AG and responsible for MINI, Rolls-Royce, BMW Motorrad, customer engagement and Digital Business Innovation BMW Group.
  • Peter Schwarzenbauer has more than 30 years of management experience in the automotive sector.

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