Executive Management
Wijnand Donkers (Chairman of the Management Board)
Wijnand Donkers was appointed Chairman of the Deutsche Annington Management Board in May 2007. Before joining Deutsche Annington, he spent over 20 years in different international positions at BP plc gaining extensive international experience. He ran several large units in the foodstuffs, petrochemicals and gas sectors where customer orientation was a #1 priority. He was a member of the BP Germany supervisory board from 2001 to 2005 and also the general manager responsible for a portfolio of plastic recycling businesses in Germany, Austria and Turkey.
Donkers has a Master of Business Administration degree from Erasmus University in the Netherlands, studied International Affairs in Italy and Poland and completed the Advanced Management Programme at Harvard Business School in 2004.
He is married, has one daughter and his hobbies include tennis, golf and
reading.
Klaus Freiberg (Member of the Management Board)
Klaus Freiberg has been a member of the Deutsche Annington Management Board since February 1st 2010 and is responsible for the property management (customer care service, management and letting of portfolio).
In his various functions with Arvato Group (Bertelsmann) from 1995 until 2010 Freiberg supervised and optimized the service centres of Deutsche Post and Deutsche Telekom. His last position with Arvato Group was CEO. Freiberg is an expert in pronounced customer orientation.
Freiberg completed his degree in history, social sciences and economics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University of Münster (Westfalen) in 1990.
He is married with one child.
Dr. A. Stefan Kirsten (Member of the Management Board)
Dr. A. Stefan Kirsten has been a member of the Deutsche Annington Management Board since January 1st 2011. He is appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
In his last position as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with Majid Al Futtaiim Group LLC, a real estate development company focusing mainly on property, retail and ventures in the Emirates, and second of last Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with Metro AG and ThyssenKrupp AG in Germany. His professional career goes with his excellent reputation in the international financial market place as well as financial accounting and controlling.
Dr. Kirsten took his master degree in business economics and informatics from 1981 to 1986 at the FernUniversität Hagen and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.
In 1991 he has taken his Dr. rer. pol. Degree followed by the Stanford Executive Program with the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University in California. Since 1995 he has been teaching at different universities in Germany and abroad. Dr. Kirsten has been appointed to a professorship with the University of Applied Sciences in Gelsenkirchen since 2001.
Dr. Kirsten is married with one daughter. His hobbies include historic literature as well as sports such as running and golfing.
