On 31 March 2023, the current chairman of the Board of Management of BayWa AG, Prof. Klaus Josef Lutz, is going to step down from operational management of the company after then 15 years in office. Thereby, the Supervisory Board initiates a conversion at the top of the company in order to ensure continuity on both the Board of Management and Supervisory Board. In 2018, the current chairman of the Supervisory Board, Manfred Nussel had already determined that he will not be available as candidate for the Supervisory Board once more.