The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Wohnen SE decided to appoint Henrik Thomsen (born 1964) onto the Management Board of the company. Mr Thomsen will take up his position with Deutsche Wohnen by 1 January 2020 at the latest. His areas of responsibility will include new builds, modernisation and refurbishment projects, neighbourhood development and smart living investment. He will also be responsible for the investment budget of the Deutsche Wohnen Group, which is approximately EUR 500 million a year. Currently, Henrik Thomsen is a director with Groth Development GmbH & Co. KG. Before that, he worked for CA Immo, DB Station & Service and also Drees & Sommer. As of 1 April 2019, Lars Urbansky had already been appointed to the Management Board of Deutsche Wohnen. n future, he will have overall responsibility for the company's ongoing customer business. From 1996 to 2008, Mr. Urbansky worked for GEHAG GmbH, which is now part of the Deutsche Wohnen Group, and then went on to take up various senior management positions within the Group. Following the previously announced departure of the current COO Lars Wittan by the end of September 2019, the Management Board of Deutsche Wohnen SE will consist of the two new directors Henrik Thomsen and Lars Urbansky as well as the CEO Michael Zahn and the CFO Philip Grosse no later than by the turn of the year.