At the head of the Cologne Tenants' Association - 
Introducing our management team

Our Executive Board – representing your interests

Franz-Xaver Corneth

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2003
  • Chairman since 2007
  • Honorary Chairman of the CDA in the Mittelrhein district

Bernhard Bücheler

  • Member of the Executive Board since 1997
  • Deputy Chairman since 1997
  • Specialist in the real estate and housing industry
  • Managing Director of the housing and building cooperative “Mieterschutz” eG
  • Board member of the Cologne Housing Association since 1992

Berthold Morell

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2003
  • Deputy Chairman since 2011
  • Lawyer and mediator
  • Specialist lawyer for family law
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Wohnungs- und Baugenossenschaft “Mieterschutz” eG

Frauke Bendokat

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2023

Dr. Eva Bürgermeister

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2007
  • Director of the German Children's and Youth Film Center
  • Member of the Cologne City Council from 2004-2020
  • tical level from 2004-2020. Member of the Urban Development Committee
  • Expert citizen on the Arts and Culture Committee since 2020

Jessica Jonas

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2023

Josef Ludwig

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2023

Dr. Henrik Over

  • Member of the Executive Board since 2023

Jürgen Becher

  • Honorary member of the Executive Board since 2023
  • Member of the Executive Board 2017 - 2023
  • Managing Director of the Cologne Tenants' Association from 1994 - 2017
  • Former board member of the German Tenants' Association NRW
  • Former member of the advisory board of the German Tenants' Association
  • Board member of the Board of Trustees of Assisted Living

Dr. Franz Georg Rips

  • Honorary member of the Executive Board since 2023
  • Member of the Executive Board since 1994-2023
  • Former Federal Director of the German Tenants' Association
  • Honorary President of the German Tenants' Association since 2019
  • Former Chairman of the Administrative Board of the Federation of German Consumer Organizations
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DMB Rechtsschutz AG

Our management – responsible for day-to-day business

Hans Jörg Depel

  • Member of the Management Board since 2018
  • Head of the legal department
  • Press spokesperson for the Cologne Tenants' Association
  • Deputy Chairman of the German Tenants' Association NRW
  • Member of the advisory board of the German Tenants' Association

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Sarah Primus

  • Member of the Management Board Since August 2021
  • Head of Financial Accounting / Membership Accounting / Organization / Human Resources
  • Member of the board of “KlimaDiskurs NRW”

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