Executive Board SCHUFA Holding AG

Dr Michael Freytag Chairman of the Executive Board

Dr Michael Freytag has been Chairman of the Executive Board of SCHUFA Holding AG since 2010. A doctor of law, he worked for ten years as a corporate and investment banker at Deutsche Bank, was Supervisory Board Chairman of companies in various sectors, served as a senator in Hamburg and as a member of the Bundesrat, i.e. the Federal Council of the Federal Republic of Germany. Between 2013 and 2019, he was Vice President of the Association of Consumer Credit Information Suppliers (ACCIS) in Brussels.

Holger Severitt Member of the Executive Board

Holger Severitt has been a member of the Executive Board of SCHUFA Holding AG since 2009. He was CFO at the National Westminster Bank AG, then Head of Controlling at SchmidtBank, responsible among other things for the bank’s reorganisation. In 2006 he took over the helm of Archon Capital Bank GmbH, a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs.

Peter Villa Member of the Executive Board

Peter Villa has been a member of the Executive Board of SCHUFA Holding AG since 2011. He is also a member of the board of directors of the Business Information Industry Association (BIIA) and of the European Credit Research Institute (ECRI). He was Managing Director of Bonnier Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Hoppenstedt Bonnier Information GmbH, Kompass Deutschland GmbH, and most recently CEO of Bisnode / Dun & Bradstreet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.