Frederick Benjamin Hodges

Supervisory Board – Biography

Born 1958
Frankfurt am Main
Nationality: American

Executive Advisor

First appointment: May 12, 2026
Appointed until the end of the Annual General Meeting 2028.

Committees

Strategy, Technology and ESG Committee

Memberships

Frederick Benjamin Hodges is not a member of any other statutory Supervisory Boards or comparable control committees of commercial enterprises in Germany or abroad.

Biography

Education/academic background

1980: Graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, USA

Professional career

2022-2023: Senior Advisor at Human Rights First, a non-profit, non-partisan international human rights organisation based in the United States
2022-2024: Senior Mentor for Logistics at NATO
2018-2022: Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Centre for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) in Washington, D.C., USA
2014-2017: Commander of US Forces in Europe in Wiesbaden, Germany
2012-2014: Commander of NATO Land Forces Command in Izmir, Turkey
2009-2010: Operations Director of Regional Command South in Kandahar, Afghanistan
2005-2006: Operational assignments, including as Chief of Operations for the Multinational Corps – Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
2003-2004: Commander of infantry units at company, battalion and brigade level in the 101st Airborne Division, including the 1st Brigade Combat Team ‘Bastogne’ as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom
May 1980: Commissioned as an infantry officer in the US Army
1981-1984: Served as a second lieutenant in Garlstedt, Germany