Christoph Schmitz-Dethlefsen1

Member of the Federal Executive Board of ver.di, Head of Federal Industrial Division Financial Services, Communication, Technology, Culture, Supply and Waste Disposal

A person with short gray hair wearing a dark navy suit, white shirt, and blue tie stands against a pale blue-gray studio background. Portrait of Christoph Schmitz-Dethlefsen.
  • Year of birth: 1965
  • Place of birth: Kevelaer
  • Nationality: German
  • Member since: 30 April 2026
  • End of term: 2031

Education

  • Editorial Traineeship, Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf
  • Studies in German Studies, Musicology, Medieval and Modern History, University of Cologne

Career

Since 2019

Member of the Federal Executive Board of ver.di, ver.di-Headquarters, Berlin,
Head of Industrial Division A – Financial Services, Communication, Technology, Culture, Supply and Waste Disposal – as well as for the group of self-employed persons

2015 - 2019

Head of Policy Department, Division 1, and Secretary to the Federal Executive Board – ver.di-Headquarters, Berlin

2009 - 2015

Press Spokesperson and Head of Press Office, ver.di Headquarters, Berlin

2006 - 2009

Press Spokesperson and Head of Press Office, Parliamentary Group of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Berlin

2001 - 2006

Editor and Chief Correspondent (since 2004) at BILD-Capital Office, Berlin

1993 - 2001

Daily Newspaper Editor (local & regional news, political news, parliamentary reporting, Berlin), Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf

Memberships of other mandatory supervisory boards

  • Deutsche Telekom AG2 (Deputy Chairman)

Memberships of comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises

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Competences

Qualification matrix (PDF)

 

Employee representative

2 Listed company

 

As of: 30 April 2026