Presidency
The Presidency is responsible for DSW's fundamental operational and strategic business.
The Presidency is comprised of the President and his two Vice Presidents plus up to four additional regular members. The members of the Presidency are elected by DSW's general assembly for a three-year term.
Honorary President
- Dr. Otto Graf Lambsdorff (†)
 Retired Federal Minster, Bonn
- Roland Oetker
 Managing Partner of ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Düsseldorf
 
Presidency
- Ulrich Hocker
 Lawyer, Düsseldorf
 President
- Daniela Bergdolt
 Managing Director DSW in Bavaria, lawyer, Munich
 Vice President
- Klaus Nieding
 Managing Director DSW in Hesse/ Rhineland-Palatinate/ Saarland, Lawyer, Meddersheim
 Vice President
- Dr. Florian Drinhausen 
 Lawyer, Kronberg
- Ulrich Grillo
 CEO of Grillo-Werke AG, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
- Ulrich M. Harnacke 
 Auditor, Mönchengladbach
- Dr. rer. oec. Rolf Pohlig 
 Business consultatnt, Mülheim a.d. Ruhr
