SPD politician
Andrea Nahles is to become the new head of the Federal Employment Agency
Andrea Nahles was previously SPD leader and federal labor minister
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Former SPD leader and former federal labor minister Andrea Nahles is to become head of the federal employment agency. The federal government still has to approve the personnel.
Employers and unions have agreed on a personnel package at the Federal Employment Agency (BA) with a new boss, Andrea Nahles. That comes from one Message the Confederation of German Employers’ Associations and the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) on Tuesday. The federal government still has to approve the personal details.
“Talks are being held with Andrea Nahles as CEO, Dr. Katrin Krömer and Vanessa Ahuja as board members, proposed by the employers’ group,” it said. These people would have to be elected by the board of directors and all the groups represented there. The former SPD leader and Federal Minister of Labor Nahles would thus succeed BA boss Detlef Scheele.
New board around Andrea Nahles “equal to the enormous challenges”
The aim of the social partners and the representatives of the public bank when filling the future BA board is to set up a team that is prepared for the extraordinary challenges. In the case of the people proposed by the social partners, this was achieved in cooperation with Daniel Terzenbach, who will ensure continuity on the board after the retirement of long-standing board members Detlef Scheele and Christiane Schönefeld.
Christina Ramb, Vice-Chair of the Administrative Board of the BA and representative of the employers’ bank, explained: “We are very pleased that with Dr. Katrin Krömer and Vanessa Ahuja we have been able to recruit two proven experts in personnel and labor market policy.” Together with Nahles and Terzenbach, the board is up to the enormous challenges that the authority has to face.
Anja Piel, Chairwoman of the Administrative Board of the BA, explained on behalf of the DGB: “With Andrea Nahles at the helm, with Dr. Katrin Krömer, Vanessa Ahuja and Daniel Terzenbach, we have found a competent, strong managerial and highly motivated team as social partners. From overcoming the Corona crisis to the design of structural change and transformation to digitization and a shortage of skilled workers – the management team is ideally positioned for all these tasks with experience and a common will to shape things.”