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Christian Hopfer

(Member of the Supervisory Board)

Christian Hopfer (born: 1940) graduated in business administration and held various positions at IBM Germany, the Realkredit- und Finanzierungsgesellschaft Berlin AG, coop AG and SEB AG. He became an interim manager at SchmidtBank Hof in January 2002, where he was responsible, among other things, for the revision and termination of all participation interests through disposals and closures. In addition, he supervised SchmidtBank’s real estate holdings and leased premises.