Board of Management
The board members Manfred Klunke (chair) and Christian Senft together with Dr. Dietmar Kohlruss are making up the executive management, looking after company development and overall risk management of the Company.
Manfred Klunke
Chair of the Board of Gartenbau-Versicherung VVaG
In addition to coordinating tasks, Manfred Klunke is now responsible for the areas of claims management, business organisation, corporate communications as well as press / public relations, information technology, compliance, legal and internal audit. The graduate engineer for horticulture, born in 1958 in Selm, completed a horticultural apprenticeship in floriculture in the area of Münster. In 1982, Mr. Klunke began working as a field manager focusing on risk management and claims settlement. As head of the claims department, he received procuration. In 2007, he was appointed Deputy Director for the operating business. First as a deputy member, in 2010he was appointed to the board of Gartenbau-Versicherung. His area of responsibility shifted to the development of the company as well as the positioning of the company as a specialist insurance company for horticulture in Europe. In 2012, he was appointed Chairman of the Board.
Manfred Klunke, Dipl.-Ing.
Christian Senft
Member of the Board at Gartenbau-Versicherung VVaG
Christian Senft is now responsible for the areas of insurance operations in Germany and abroad, corporate strategy and marketing, field service as well as internal / process organization, IT-systems, outsourcing / cooperation and horticultural technology. He joined the company in 2008 and initially oversaw risk management and projects. Since 2010, his area of responsibility includes foreign business with a focus on southern Europe (Italy, Switzerland). In 2013, Mr Senft was appointed authorised representative Southern Europe and appointed to the Executive Board in 2016. Christian Senft was born in 1978 in Schweinfurt (Lower Franconia). He studied horticulture at Technische Universität München (Weihenstephan) and at the Università di Bologna (Italy) and graduated with the title Master of Science (Horticulture). Already during his studies and afterwards he worked for consulting institutions in the fields of technology, business economics, crop protection and cultivation.
Christian Senft, M.Sc.
Dr Dietmar Kohlruss
Member of the Board at Gartenbau-Versicherung VVaG
Dr. Dietmar Kohlruss (54) has been appointed member of the board of Gartenbau-Versicherung from 1st July 2019. His areas of responsibility are primarily human resources, accounting and finance, actuarial calculations and reinsurance, as well as reporting to the financial supervising authorities. Dr. Kohlruss has a doctorate in mathematics and for more than ten years worked at Westfälische Provinzial Versicherung AG in Münster. In 2005 he moved to the Cologne actuary Meyerthole Siems Kohlruss (MSK), where he worked together with Dr. med. Andreas Meyerthole and Onnen Siems managing the business together since 2008. In recent years, Dr. Kohlruss played a key role in shaping MSK and in particular accompanied numerous clients regarding the introduction of the new supervisory regime, including Gartenbau-Versicherung. The trusting business relationship that has existed for many years between the two companies will continue as of 1st July in the new constellation.
Dr Dietmar Kohlruss
Supervisory Board of Gartenbau-Versicherung
Frank Werner, Niederkassel
Plant nursery owner, Chair of the Supervisory Board
Lothar Dahs, Königswinter
Tree nursery owner, Deputy chair
Marlies Baetcke, Issum
Plant nursery owner
Michael J. Baumeister, Wiesbaden
Graduate Engineer Horticulture, Director i.R.
Hermann Berchtenbreiter, München
Plant nursery owner
Friedrich Haag, Stuttgart
Honorary chair
Matthias Geelen, Staelen
Honorary member
Joachim Jeß, Lübeck
Honorary member
Ute Martin, Zwenkau
plant nursery owner
Hanspeter Meyer, Wangen (Swiss)
plant nursery owner
Jens Schachtschneider, Neerstedt
Plant nursery owner
Klaus Umbach, Heilbronn
plant nursery owner
The highest body of Gartenbau-Versicherung VVaG is the democratically elected members' representative board. A meeting of the members' representatives takes place each year under the conduct of the chair of the supervisory board. The meeting of GV members' representatives has 40 members, and a substitute is elected for each members' representative.
Hansjörg Auer
Rienzstraße 50
I-39042 Brixen
Substitute:
Andreas von Danwitz
Anrather Straße 76
D-47918 Tönisvorst
Wilhelm Böck
Hochfeldweg 21
D-85646 Neufarn
Substitute:
Andreas Evers
Auf den Schrederwiesen 85
D-80995 München
Dr. Hans Hermann Buchwald
Rövkampallee 43
D-23714 Malente
Substitute:
Johann Stoltenberg
Hasloher Weg 2a
D-25499 Tangstedt
Gerard de Regt
Seggerner Str. 2
D-26655 Westerstede
Substitute:
Carolin Melle
Birkenheider Str. 101
D-27777 Ganderkesee
Hans Fleischle
Im Ried 1
D-71711 Murr
Substitute:
Werner Metzger
Im Herdlauch 1
D-71101 Schönaich
Bernd Freese
Groot Deep 30
D-26629 Großfehn
Substitute:
Steffi Rogge
Gärtnerstraße 2
D-26810 Westoverledigen
Jan Gärtner
Venusbergerstr. 7
D-09430 Drebach
Substitute:
Thomas Rost
Kesseldorfer Str. 342
D-01156 Dresden
Pierre Goby
7, rue du Marechal Foch
F-57220 Holling
Substitute:
Andreas Huben
Schriesheimer Fußweg 7
D-68526 Ladenburg
Hartmut Goldschmidt
Leopoldshaller Str. 24
D-39439 Güsten
Substitute:
Gerhard Langenberg
Friedhofstr. 2
D-06425 Alsleben
Herrmann Haage
Grüner Weg 2
D-89340 Leipheim
Substitute:
Wilhelm Hörmann jun.
Hörzhausener Str. 65
D-86529 Schrobenhausen
Friedrich Hahn
Bahnhofstraße 16
D-36137 Großenlüder
Substitute:
Uwe Schmidt
Gartenstr. 6 - 16
D-37235 Hessisch Lichtenau
Bernd Hallen †
Terreiken 94
D-41812 Erkelenz
Substitute:
Klaus Schürg
Pirzenthaler Str. 14
D-57537 Wissen
Gert Höfer
Berthold-Haupt-Str. 15
D-01257 Dresden
Substitute:
Heidi Landmann
Siedlungsweg 14
D-01561 Ebersbach
Franz-Josef Hoffacker
Grindweg 10
D-46487 Wesel
Substitute:
Hubert Brandkamp
In der Flora 6
D-46419 Isselburg
Josef Hoffmann
Ribbrocker Weg 2
D-47669 Wachtendonk
Substitute:
Matthias Draek
Holter Feld 48
D-47638 Straelen
Bernd Hubert
Elgersdorfer Weg
D-91448 Emskirchen
Substitute:
Anja Gessnitzer
Weiherstraße 14
D-91452 Wilhermsdorf
Gerhard Kiemle
Im Erlengrund 2
D-74321 Bietigheim-Bissingen
Substitute:
Joachim Hespeler
Lachenäcker 1
D-72827 Wannweil
Niki Kirsch
301, rue des sept arpents
L-1149 Luxemburg
Substitute:
Andreas Beier
Viernheimer Weg 33
D-68307 Mannheim
Hermann Kocher
Alter Oßweiler Weg 52-54
D-71638 Ludwigsburg
Substitute:
Daniel Moll
Leinfelder Str. 37
D-70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Karl Lampert
Dingolfinger Str. 41
D-94333 Geiselhöring
Substitute:
Martin Wagle
Feldmaierstr. 7
D-84347 Pfarrkirchen
Heinz Markl
Mailling 5
D-83104 Tuntenhausen
Substitute:
Heinrich Zitzelsberger jun.
Bussardstr. 45
D-85049 Ingolstadt
Jürgen Mertz
Am Steinkreuz 3
D-65589 Hadamar
Substitute:
Ute Gorges
Mainstraße 3
D-64832 Babenhausen
Frank Mildenberger
Hördter Straße 32
D-76726 Germersheim
Substitute:
Thomas Hohn
Denkmalstraße 5
D-66500 Hornbach
Christoph Nagelschmitz
Bornheimer Weg 4
D-50389 Wesseling
Substitute:
Josef Engels
Wermelsacker 7
D-50259 Puhlheim
Robert Pake
Breite Straße 126
D-38667 Bad Harzburg
Substitute:
Steffen Pfanne
Zu den Köhlerbergen 1
31582 Nienburg
Marc Peters
Frasselter Weg 13
D-47559 Kranenburg
Substitute:
Michael Hannen
Wolfsgraben 6b
D-47533 Kleve
Andreas Rathenow
Trebbiner Straße 4
D-14979 Großbeeren
Substitute:
André Krötz
Perwenitzer Chaussee 2
D-16727 Oberkrämer
Karl Rehner
Matthias-Grünewald-Str. 35
D-55543 Bad Kreuznach
Substitute:
Helmut Koch
Mannheimer Str. 139
D-67657 Kaiserslautern
Manfred Rieke
Zum Waldfreibad 10
D-49509 Recke
Substitute:
Kurt Dominik
Witter Moorweg 3
D-48477 Hörstel
Andreas Rombach
Rathausweg 10
D-79286 Glottertal
Substitute:
Franc Gerloff
Schwarzwaldstr. 10-12
D-76593 Gernsbach
Herbert Runge
Eggesiner Str. 2
D-17358 Torgelow
Substitute:
Martin Jeß
Steinrader Damm 80
D-23556 Lübeck
Johannes Scheffler
Altmannstraße 34a
D-88145 Opfenbach
Substitute:
Willy Enßlin
Wemdinger Str. 37
D-86720 Nördlingen
Maria Schlieker
Temming 75
D-48727 Billereck
Substitute:
Susanne Wison
Linnenhee 37
D-46514 Schermbeck
Christoph Schönges
Schlich 1a
D-41352 Korschenbroich
Substitute:
Stefan Bongartz
Körschgenstraße 19
41238 Mönchengladbach
Olaf Schröpfer
Schöntaler Weg 5
D-99097 Erfurt
Substitute:
Christiane Bielefeld-Remde
Am Waldschlößchen 8
D-99425 Weimar
Konrad Schwarz
Neugrabenweg 74
D-53332 Bornheim
Substitute:
Ralf Hensen
Dr.-Josef-Ströder-Str. 25
D-53913 Swistal
Max Schwarz-Zurkinden
Winkel 1
CH-5234 Villigen (AG)
Substitute:
Roland Mensch
CH-8308 Horben-Illnau (ZH)
Rolf Stengel
Bussardstraße 4
D-72336 Balingen
Substitute:
Dieter Schweizer
Brühlstraße 25
D-70794 Filderstadt
Andreas Stubner
Hallstadter Str. 113
D-96052 Bamberg
Substitute:
Andreas Knaup
Lippertstraße 2
D-97520 Röthlein
Felix Trauth
Sudetenstraße 111
D-76187 Karlsruhe
Substitute:
Hans Keller
Weißmattenweg 1
D-79364 Malterdingen