Dr. Doris Höpke

Dr. Doris Höpke has extensive experience in (re)insurance business, human resources, risk management and conflict resolution. Dr. Höpke completed a PhD on product safety and product liability law at Osnabrück University. She started her career in 1996 at HDI Group as an in-house legal counsel where she managed complex liability claims. In 1999, Dr. Höpke joined Munich Re (Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG), a leading global provider of (re)insurance where she held several managerial positions (notably Head of Claims, Legal & Finance at Munich American Risk Partners, Head of the Aerospace & Special Services division and Executive President (Presidenta Ejecutiva) at Munich Re Madrid). Dr. Höpke served on the Board of Directors of Munich Re from 2014 to 2022 during which period she was responsible for several portfolios, being Munich Health, Special & Financial Risks, reinsurance business of Europe & Latin-America, global Financial Lines, and Human Resources demonstrating her ability to oversee diverse and critical functions within a large organisation.

Her role as an independent advisor and mediator (in particular for members of Boards and CEOs) further underscores her expertise in governance and conflict resolutions within Boards and between governance bodies. In addition, she has been a member since 2017 and Chair since 2023 of the Board of Trustees of the Munich Re Foundation. Since January 2023, Dr. Höpke has been a member of the IESE Business School’s International Advisory Board. Furthermore, Dr. Höpke joined the Supervisory Board of Mercedes-Benz AG as a member in May 2024.

In the various executive and advisory roles Dr. Höpke has fulfilled over the past 20 years, she has obtained multifaceted and comprehensive experience with respect to human resources, management, mediating conflicts, (re)insurance and risk management. Furthermore, she has a sound understanding of the aerospace industry and the risks that may be encountered therein. Dr. Höpke’s extensive experience with respect to geopolitics and risk management will be instrumental to the Company given the complex global economic and geopolitical context in which it evolves as well as with regard to the supply chain challenges it faces.