Board of Directors

The members of the BvD vote for the board of directors at the general meeting for a period of 2 years.
The current board was appointed on May 8, 2023.

Thomas Spaeing

Chairman of the Board

  • Public Policy
  • Media Relations
  • Cooperations
  • EFDPO
  • EU Tasks Committee

Jürgen Hartz

Deputy Chairman of the Board

  • Event Organization
  • Training
  • Cooperations
  • Professional Profile Committee
  • Legal support hotline

Regina Mühlich

Finance Officer

  • Finances
  • BvD-News
  • BvD-Committees and Internationalization
  • Legal & Policy Committee

Dr. Jens Eckhardt

Legal Assessor

  • Legal Matters of the Association
  • Legal & Policy Committee

Dr. Kai-Uwe Loser

Deputy Chairman of the Board

  • Professional Profile Committee
  • Personal Certification
  • EFDPO
  • Academic Cooperation and Research Projects

Stephan Rehfeld

Board Member

  • CoC “Trusted Data Processor” (DSZ)
  • Monitoring Tasks Committee
  • Committee “Image of the DPO”




Dr. Christoph Bausewein

Board Member

  • EFDPO
  • privacy4people gGmbH
  • Fundraising
  • Legal & Policy Committee
  • Data Protection Media Award

Petra Nietzer

Board Member

  • IT
  • Standardization (DIN)
  • Internal Data Protection BvD
  • BvD Committees