BioNTech SE at the Annual General Meeting 2026 held on May 15, 2026, approved expanding the Supervisory Board from six to eight members and adding additional expertise: Prof. Iris Löw-Friedrich, M.D., Ph.D., and Susanne Schaffert, Ph.D., were elected as new members of the Supervisory Board. Iris Löw-Friedrich has many years of expertise in the field of clinical development and broad experience in the scientific and medical fields. She also possesses knowledge in the areas of sales and commercialization, management, innovation, and international markets relevant to the Company.
She is an experienced Supervisory Board member and adjunct professor of internal medicine at the faculty of medicine at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Susanne Schaffert is a member of supervisory boards in the healthcare sector, including that of Merck KGaA. She possesses particular expertise in the field of oncology as well as in sales and commercialization with a focus on product launches.
Her knowledge spans innovation, research and development, and organizational leadership and management.
