The presiding board shall manage the Association and acts according to the decisions of the General Assembly. Members of the presiding board shall serve on an honorary basis and personally. Currently, the presiding board of the VDB consists of nine members.
Mr. Andre Rodenbeck is CEO Rolling Stock at Siemens Mobility GmbH.
Andre Rodenbeck joined Siemens in 1998 and was appointed as CEO Rolling Stock in October 2024. Since April 2019 he held the position of CEO Rail Infrastructure. In his capacities as General Manager Mass Transit, Head of Sales for Mainline Signalling, Director Sales and Projects, Business Development and Project Manager, the industrial engineer worked for Siemens Mobility inter alia in Spain, Thailand and Germany.
Mr. Andreas Becker is the Managing Director of EPHY MESS Gesellschaft für Elektro-Physikalische Messgeräte mbH.
Mr. Dr. Michael Bernhardt is the Managing Director of Rail Power Systems GmbH.
Mr. Jure Mikolčić is the CEO Stadler Division Germany.
Mr. Müslüm Yakisan is President, DACH Region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) at Alstom SA.
Mr. Markus Fritz is Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Hitachi Rail (GTS Deutschland GmbH).
Dr. Anne-Marie Großmann is Managing Director of Georgsmarienhütte Holding GmbH.
Mr. Thomas Milewski is Managing Director of PINTSCH Wolber GmbH.
Mr. Dr. Peter Radina is Chairman of the Management Board at Knorr-Bremse für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH.
Mr. Weitzmann is a member of the Corporate Board of Management and President & CEO of Voith Turbo.