Dr. Friederike Rotsch

Lead Independent Director of SAP SE Supervisory Board

Attorney at law, Corporate Counsel, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany

 

Member of the following Supervisory Board Committees: Personnel and Governance Committee (Chair), Audit and Compliance Committee, Nomination Committee, Government Security Committee

Fields of Expertise

  • Finance and Accounting

  • Strategy 

  • Human Resources and Social Responsibility 

  • Supervision, Monitoring, Corporate Governance and Business Conduct 

Qualification
1997
2000Ph.D. at the University of Passau, Germany
20012nd legal state examination, Bavaria, Germany
Career
2001 – 2005Hengeler Mueller, Partnership of Lawyers, Frankfurt/Main and Düsseldorf, Germany – Lawyer
2005 – 2007Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany – Corporate counsel, Corporate Legal Services
2007 – 2011Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany – Head of Corporate Legal Services
2011 – 2014Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany – Head of Group Internal Auditing
2014 – 2023Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany – Group General Counsel and Head of Group Legal & Compliance
2023 – 2025Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany – Group General Counsel, Head of Legal & Group Governance
Since Sept 2025Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany – Attorney-at-law, Corporate Counsel
Other board memberships

Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of publicly listed companies:​

  • None

Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of non-public companies:

  • None

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