Overview
- The club’s presidium finalized the executive reshuffle three days after Hans-Joachim Watzke stepped down as chair of the management board.
- Cramer, 56, will oversee strategy, communications, marketing, sales, digitalization and internationalization.
- Svenja Schlenker joins the executive board as head of human resources, gives up her role as works-council chair, and continues to lead girls’ and women’s football.
- Responsibilities for Thomas Treß in finance, organisation, legal and investor relations, and for Lars Ricken in sport, remain unchanged.
- Reports highlight Cramer’s 15-plus years driving commercial growth, with recent accounts citing revenue repeatedly above €500 million and equity around €326 million.