Andrea Nahles has been Chairwoman of the Executive Board since 1 August 2022 and is primarily responsible for the strategic direction, as well as the finance and IT departments, of the Federal Employment Agency. With the Strategy 2030 and the subsequent automation agenda, she laid the foundations during her first term of office for a future-proof and modern unemployment insurance system.
Vanessa Ahuja has been a member of the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency since 1 May 2022. She is responsible for financial support and benefits, the Family Benefits Office and the International Affairs division. During her first term in office, the processes for granting benefits were optimised and standardised, and an international strategy for recruiting skilled workers from third countries was developed.
Since 1 October 2022, Dr Katrin Krömer has been responsible, as a member of the Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency, for the Resources division, comprising Human Resources, Controlling, Infrastructure, Procurement and Organisational Development. During her first term of office, she realigned the Internal Services with comprehensive transformations to make them fit for the future, efficient and digital.
The members of the Executive Board are nominated by the Federal Government on the proposal of the Administrative Board and appointed by the Federal President. The Executive Board of the Federal Employment Agency consists of the Chair and three members. Daniel Terzenbach has been a member of the Executive Board since March 2019. His contract was last extended in 2024. He is responsible for operational work in the regions.