DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA announced with the close of June 15, 2023 Annual General Meeting, Ms. Annabelle G.  Bexiga and Mr. Minoru Kimura will step down from the Supervisory Board as shareholder representatives. Elections of Mr. Kazuhide Toda and Mrs. Professor Dr. Christina E. Bannier to the Supervisory Board.

Kazuhide Toda is senior fellow of Nippon Life Insurance Company. He has had leadership positions at Nippon Life for more than 15 years, including the role of Chief Investment Officer. His last function was Managing Executive Officer.

Professor Christina Bannier is Professor of Banking and Finance at Justus-Liebig-University of Giessen. Professor Bannier has extensive expertise in sustainable investments and asset management, corporate governance and compliance, as well as data analysis and artificial intelligence. Claire Peel, informed the company at the end of May 2023 that she is planning to resign from her mandate on the DWS Executive Board towards the end of the third quarter of 2023.