Corporate Board Profile
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| 2020-05-15 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 61 Corporate Director; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank) and Supervisory Board member, Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) since 2019; Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank); a variety of senior positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003, including Head of Domestic Wealth Management 1997-1999, Regional Head of Leipzig and Dresden 1999-2000, and Chairman of Retail and Small to Mid-Size Enterprise Clients in the former German Democratic Republic Region (2000-2003). He was also a member of Supervisory Board of Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank AG (German commercial real estate bank) 2012-2019; Chairman of Partner für Berlin Holding Gesellschaft für Hauptstadt-Marketing mbH and Supervisory Director of Berlin Partner GmbH (organizations promoting Berlin) 2008-2018; Supervisory Director of NGB Norddeutsche Genossenschaftliche Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft (German regional co-operative bank holding company) 2006-2018; and TeamBank AG (German regional co-operative bank) 2008-2013. Nominee for Class III Director for CEE to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting. Nominee for Class I Director for GF to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting. |
| 2021-05-14 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 62 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank) and Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) since 2019... Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Nominee for Class III Director for CEE to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting. Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Continuing Class I Director for GF since 2020 Shares of Common Stock Owned at April 30, 2021: CEE: 1,038, GF: 1,107 Advisory Committee, Valuation Committee Aggregate Compensation from Fund Complex: $26,592 |
| 2022-05-13 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 63 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank) Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) (since 2019); and Member of the Supervisory Board of the IDEAL Insurance Group (since 2021). Formerly, Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); and Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank). He previously held various positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003), and served as Supervisory Director of a number of German banking and charitable organizations Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Continuing Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Nominee as Class I Director for GF to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting. Class I Director for GF since 2020 CEE: 1,081 GF: 2,749 Annual compensation: $49,275 Committees: Advisory Committee, Valuation Committee |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 64 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank); Member of the Supervisory Board of the IDEAL Insurance Group (since 2021) and member of the Supervisory Board of ABC Bank/ABC Finance/Bank II GmbH (since 2023). Formerly, Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) (since 2019); Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); and Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank). He previously held various positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003), and served as Supervisory Director of a number of German banking and charitable organizations ... Dr. Hatje has been appointed as a member of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective June 22, 2023. Ms. Flannery has been appointed to succeed Mr. Dostmann as Chair of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective January 1, 2024 ... The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Dr. Pleister (Chair), Ms. Flannery and Mr. Zügel ... Dr. Hatje has been appointed as a member of each Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee effective June 22, 2023. |
| 2024-05-21 | The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ms. Flannery (Chair), Dr. Hatje and Dr. Leoni... The Chair of the Nominating and Governance Committee receives an additional annual retainer per Fund of $3,000... Dr. Holger Hatje CEE $2,960, GF $25,203. |
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| 2020-05-15 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 61, Corporate Director; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of bank99 AG... Nominee for Class II Director to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting. |
| 2021-05-14 | The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... The Valuation Committee, currently comprising Dr. Hatje and Mr. Zügel (Chair)... The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020... Dr. Holger Hatje $3,337. |
| 2022-05-13 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 63 Chairman of bank99 AG... Director of The Central and Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Director of The New Germany Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Nominee for Class II Director to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting. Class II Director since 2020... 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 Valuation Committee, currently comprising Dr. Hatje and Mr. Zügel (Chair)... The Fund pays each of its Directors who is not an interested person of the Fund an annual fee of $8,000 plus $1,167 for each Board meeting and $917 for each Committee meeting attended. The Chairman of the Audit Committee and Advisory Committee each receives an additional annual retainer of $4,000 and $3,000 respectively. |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 64 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank); Member of the Supervisory Board of the IDEAL Insurance Group (since 2021); and member of the Supervisory Board of ABC Bank/ABC Finance/Bank II GmbH (since 2023). Formerly, Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH 26 Co. (German premier league football club) (2019 -2023); Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); and Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank). He previously held various senior positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003), and served as Supervisory Director of a number of German banking and charitable organizations Continuing Class II Director since 2020 The Audit Committee, currently comprising Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Ms. Flannery and Dr. Pleister, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Fund27s website... Dr. Hatje has been appointed as a member of the Fund27s Audit Committee effective June 22, 2023. The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Ms. Flannery, Dr. Pleister (Chair). and Mr. ZFCgel, operates pursuant to a written charter which is available on the Fund27s website... Dr. Hatje has been appointed as a member of the Nominating and Governance Committee effective June 22, 2023 and Chair of the Committee effective January 1, 2024. The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Mr. Koepp, Dr. Pleister and Mr. ZFCgel, makes recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Administration Agreement between the Fund and DWS Investment Management Americas, Inc., and the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and DWS International GmbH. The Advisory Committee met two times during the Fund27s past fiscal year. 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. Holger Hatje $9,935 $56,375 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. |
| 2024-05-21 | The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ms. Flannery (Chair), Dr. Hatje and Dr. Leoni... The Advisory and Valuation Committee, currently comprising Mr. Koepp (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Leoni and Mr. Zügel... The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Dr. Hatje (Chair), Ms. Flannery and Mr. Zügel... The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from the Fund for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023... Dr. Holger Hatje $9,940. |
| Filing Date | Source Excerpt |
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| 2020-05-15 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 61 Corporate Director; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank)... Nominee for Class III Director for CEE to serve until the 2021 Annual Meeting. Nominee for Class I Director for GF to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting. |
| 2021-05-14 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 62 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank)... Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Nominee for Class III Director for CEE to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting. Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Continuing Class I Director for GF since 2020 Advisory Committee, Valuation Committee Shares: CEE 1,038, GF 1,107 Compensation: GF $12,748 + CEE $1,546 = $26,592 |
| 2022-05-13 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 63 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank)... Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Continuing Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Nominee as Class I Director for GF to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting. Class I Director for GF since 2020 The Advisory Committee, currently comprising Ambassador Burt, Mr. Dostmann (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Pleister and Mr. Zügel... The Valuation Committee, currently comprising Dr. Hatje and Mr. Zügel (Chair)... The following table sets forth (a) the aggregate compensation from each Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2021 for CEE and December 31, 2021 for GF, and (b) the total compensation from the Fund Complex for the 2021 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. Holger Hatje CEE: $15,626 GF: $26,835 Total: $49,275 |
| 2023-05-12 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 64 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank); Member of the Supervisory Board of the IDEAL Insurance Group (since 2021) and member of the Supervisory Board of ABC Bank/ABC Finance/Bank II GmbH (since 2023). Formerly, Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH & Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) (since 2019); Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); and Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank). He previously held various positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003), and served as Supervisory Director of a number of German banking and charitable organizations ... Continuing Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Continuing Class I Director for GF since 2020 ... Dr. Hatje has been appointed as a member of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective June 22, 2023. Ms. Flannery has been appointed to succeed Mr. Dostmann as Chair of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective January 1, 2024. |
| 2024-05-21 | Dr. Holger Hatje, 65 Chairman of bank99 AG (Austrian retail bank); Member of the Supervisory Board of the IDEAL Insurance Group (since 2021) and member of the Supervisory Board of ABC Bank/ABC Finance/Bank II GmbH (since 2023). Formerly, Supervisory Director of Hertha BSC GmbH 26 Co. KGaA (German premier league football club) (2019-2023); Chief Executive Officer (2006-2018) and Executive Director (2005), Berliner Volksbank eG (German regional co-operative bank); and Executive Director (2004-2005), Oldenburgische Landesbank AG (German regional bank). He previously held various positions at Dresdner Bank AG (German global bank) (1987-2003), and served as Supervisory Director of a number of German banking and charitable organizations Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2020) Nominee for Class III Director for CEE to serve until the 2027 Annual Meeting. Class III Director for CEE since 2020 Continuing Class I Director for GF since 2020 CEE: 1,150 GF: 4,000 The Audit Committee, currently comprising Ms. Flannery (Chair), Dr. Hatje and Dr. Leoni The Advisory and Valuation Committee, currently comprising Mr. Koepp (Chair), Dr. Hatje, Dr. Leoni and Mr. Zgel The Nominating and Governance Committee, currently comprising Dr. Hatje (Chair), Ms. Flannery and Mr. Zgel CEE $0 GF $2,960 Total $25,203 Total Compensation from Fund Complex $38,103 |
Data sourced from SEC filings. Last updated: 2025-12-06