By Roberto Lamprecht and Paul Gorgas
Chair back at Hertha!
After the official entry of 100 million investor “777 Partners”, the composition of two committees of the Bundesliga club is now changing – the Supervisory Board of Hertha BSC & Co KGaA and the Advisory Board.
BILD learned: 777 founders Joshua Wander (41) and Steve Pasko (74) are now on the KGaA supervisory board, which has been reduced from nine members to five. The new chairman is entrepreneur Marius Freiherr Marshal von Bieberstein (54).
Weberbank boss Klaus Siegers (62) and Sparda Bank boss Frank Kohler (50) will remain on the board from the former composition. The “Kicker” first reported on the personal castling.
The previous members of the supervisory board around the chairman Karl Kauermann – Vera Gäde-Butzlaff, Holger Hatje, Dr. Georg Kofler, Tarek Malak and Thomas Werlen – leave the board.
It is also exciting what is changing in the advisory board of the limited partnership, which consists of the association’s executive committee and two appointed members: Stefan Kindler (was also a member of the supervisory board) and Thomas Traboulsi were dismissed from the board with immediate effect. Both were confidants of ex-investor Lars Windhorst (46).
Instead, financial expert Markus Hunold (39) and Don Dransfield (40) are now part of the advisory board. The name is Dransfield in particular.
Previously, Dransfield worked as chief strategist for City Group – another multi-club network like 777, which has billionaire club Manchester City at its heart.
Eight departures and four new ones – a boss quake in Berlin!
So one thing is clear: At Hertha, experts with strong opinions will now have a say on the KGaA supervisory board and advisory board. On Monday, 777 founder Wander said, “It’s not intended to be authoritative, it’s advisory.”
And: In the meantime, it is also fixed in writing that 777 has taken over a full 78.8 percent of the Hertha shares – i.e. an additional 14.1 percent in addition to the 64.7 percent from ex-investor Windhorst. In return, 100 million euros, which is vital for survival, flow into the clammy club.