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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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Our Advisory Board: The voice of members from the districts.

from left to right: Franz-Xaver Corneth, Jessica Jonas, Christine Brinckmann, Birgitt Gessner, Helmut Wülfrath, Jürgen Kircher, Stephan Gatter, Petra Kissmer-Karisch, Tom Konrad Anton, Dr. Eva Bürgermeister, Berthold Morell, Lothar Kauffels, Jürgen Becher, Josef Ludwig, Michael Hammerschlag, Heinrich Hammerschlag. Außerdem im Beirat (not pictured) Bernhard Bücheler, Dominik Kaven, Dr. Henrik Over, Dr. Franz-Georg Rips, Ralf Sommer