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 18, 2021.

Thomas Spaeing

Chairman of the Board

  • Public Relations & BvD-News
  • Media Relations / Cooperations
  • Public Policy & Professional Profile

Jürgen Hartz

Deputy Chairman of the Board

  • Event Organization
  • Training
  • Cooperations

Regina Mühlich

Board Member

  • Finances
  • BvD-News
  • BvD-Committees
  • Internationalization

Dr. Jens Eckhardt

Legal Assessor

  • Legal Matters of the Association
  • Internationalization
  • Professional Matters

Dr. Kai-Uwe Loser

Deputy Chairman of the Board

  • IT
  • Professional Profile of the DPO
  • EFDPO
  • BvD-Committees
  • Academic Cooperation and Research Projects

Stephan Rehfeld

Board Member

  • Privacy Audit (DSZ)
  • Monitoring Tasks of DPOs
  • Certification



Dr. Christoph Bausewein

Board Member

  • EFDPO
  • privacy4people gGmbH
  • Fundraising

Petra Nietzer

Board Member

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