Corporate Board Profile
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| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2017-05-22 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). |
| 2018-05-09 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). |
| 2019-05-20 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). |
| 2020-05-15 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014). |
| 2021-05-14 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). Formerly, Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014). |
| 2022-05-13 | Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (2015-2021) |
| 2023-05-12 | Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) (since 2016) (member since 2015). Formerly, Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (2015-2021) |
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| 2017-05-22 | Dr. Christopher Pleister, 69 Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). Nominee as Class I Director for CEE to serve until 2019 Annual Meeting; Class II Director since 2016 Nominee as Class II Director for EEA to serve until 2019 Annual Meeting; Class II Director since 2016 Nominee as Class II Director for GF to serve until 2020 Annual Meeting; Class III Director since 2016 The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Messrs. Bierbaum, Dostmann (Chair), Goeltz and Pleister, makes recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Administration Agreement between each Fund and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., and the Investment Advisory Agreement between each Fund and Deutsche Asset Management International GmbH. The Advisory Committee met two times during each Funds past fiscal year. The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Messrs. Dostmann, Goeltz (Chair) and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds website, deutschefunds.com/EN/docs/products/Germany-Funds-Audit-Committee-Charter.pdf. The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Deputy Chair), Messrs. Goeltz (Chair) and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds website, deutschefunds.com/EN/docs/products/Germany-Master-Nominating-Committee-Charter.pdf. The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from each Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2016 for CEE and December 31, 2016 for EEA and GF, and (b) the total compensation from the Fund Complex for the 2016 calendar year, (i) for each Director who is not an interested person of the Funds, and (ii) for all such Directors as a group. Dr. Christopher Pleister $1,136 from EEA $3,886 from GF Total $5,022 from Fund Complex. |
| 2018-05-09 | Dr. Christopher Pleister, 69 Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), and Drs. Froewiss and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds' website. The Audit Committee's organization and responsibilities are contained in the Audit Committee Report, which is included in this Proxy Statement, and in its written charter. The members of the Audit Committee are "independent" as required by the independence standards of Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt and Mr. Dostmann (Chair) and Dr. Pleister, makes recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Administration Agreement between each Fund and Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., and the Investment Advisory Agreement between each Fund and Deutsche Asset Management International GmbH. The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Deputy Chair) and Drs. Froewiss (Chair) and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds' website. The Board has determined that each of the members of the Nominating and Governance Committee is not an "interested person" as the term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act. The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from each Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2017 for CEE and December 31, 2017 for EEA and GF, and (b) the total compensation from the Fund Complex for the 2017 calendar year, (i) for each Director who is not an interested person of the Funds, and (ii) for all such Directors as a group. Dr. Christopher Pleister CEE: $7,303 EEA: $4,821 GF: $17,517 Total: $29,641 All members on each of the five committees of the Board are not "interested persons" as the term is defined in the Investment Company Act, with the exception of Mr. Strenger, who is a member of the Executive Committee and Dr. Leoni, who is a member of the Executive Committee and Valuation Committee. |
| 2019-05-20 | Dr. Christopher Pleister, 71 Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). Nominee as Class I Director for CEE to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting. Class I Director for CEE since 2016 Nominee as Class II Director for EEA to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting. Class II Directors for EEA since 2016 Continuing Class II Director for GF since 2016 The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), and Drs. Froewiss and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds' website. The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt and Mr. Dostmann (Chair) and Dr. Pleister, makes recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Administration Agreement between each Fund and DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., and the Investment Advisory Agreement between each Fund and DWS International GmbH. The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Deputy Chair) and Drs. Froewiss (Chair) and Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Funds' website. The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from each Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2018 for CEE and December 31, 2018 for EEA and GF, and (b) the total compensation from the Fund Complex for the 2018 calendar year, (i) for each Director who is not an interested person of the Funds, and (ii) for all such Directors as a group. Dr. Christopher Pleister $ 15,179 $ 7,525 $ 29,399 $ 52,103 No compensation is paid by a Fund to Directors who are interested persons of the Fund or of any entity of the Deutsche Bank Group or to officers. |
| 2020-05-15 | The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), and Drs. Froewiss and Pleister... The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Deputy Chair) and Drs. Froewiss (Chair) and Pleister... Dr. Christopher Pleister, an Independent Director and member of the Advisory Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, serves as Lead Independent Director... The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019... Dr. Christopher Pleister $5,445. |
| 2021-05-14 | The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), and Drs. Froewiss and Pleister... The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Deputy Chair) and Drs. Froewiss (Chair) and Pleister... The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020... Dr. Christopher Pleister $9,106. |
| 2022-05-13 | Dr. Christopher Pleister, 74 Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board... Director of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (since 2016) Director of The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since 2016) Nominee for Class II Director to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting. Class II Director since 2016... The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), and and Dr. Pleister... The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt (Chair), Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... Dr. Christopher Pleister, an Independent Director and member of the Advisory Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, serves as Lead Independent Director for the Fund. |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. Christopher Pleister, 75 Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) (since 2016) (member since 2015). Formerly, Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (2015-2021) Continuing Class II Director since 2016 Dr. Christopher Pleister, an Independent Director and member of the Advisory Committee, the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Governance Committee, serves as Lead Independent Director for the Fund and as such is available to act as liaison between the Independent Directors and management and to consult with the Chairman to the extent deemed appropriate. The Fund pays each of its Directors who is not an interested person of the Fund, of the Investment Adviser or of the Administrator an annual fee of $8,000 plus $1,167 for each Board meeting and $917 for each Committee meeting attended ($500 for attendance at Advisory Committee meetings for Directors who are not members of the Committee). The Fund reimburses the Directors (except for those employed by the DWS Group) for travel expenses in connection with Board meetings. The Chairman of the Audit Committee, Advisory Committee, and Nominating and Governance Committee each receives an additional annual retainer of $4,000, $3,000 and $3,000, respectively. The Lead Independent Director also receives an additional annual retainer of $2,000. The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, and (b) the total compensation from the Fund Complex for the 2022 calendar year, (i) for each Director who is not an interested person of the Fund, and (ii) for all such Directors as a group. Name of Director Aggregate Compensation from Fund Total Compensation from Fund Complex Dr. Christopher Pleister $11,633 $65,922 No compensation is paid by the Fund to Directors who are interested persons of the Fund or of any entity of the DWS Group or to officers. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2017-05-22 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008). |
| 2018-05-09 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). |
| 2019-05-20 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and board member 2009-2011), and former Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Zentral-Gennossenschaftsbank Frankfurt (2000-2008), former Chairman of BVR (federal association of German cooperative banks) (2000-2008) and Director of Deutsche Gennossenschaftsbank (1990-1999). |
| 2020-05-15 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014). |
| 2021-05-14 | Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (since 2015), Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since November 2016 (member since 2015). Formerly, Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014). |
| 2022-05-13 | Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) since 2016 (member since 2015). He is the former Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (2015-2021) |
| 2023-05-12 | Chairman of the Appeal Panel of the Single Resolution Board (Institution of the European Banking Union) (since 2016) (member since 2015). Formerly, Chairman of FMSA (German financial market stabilization agency) (2011-2014) and Director (nonexecutive) of Depfa Bank plc. (2015-2021) |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-08-30