Dr Andreas Dressel

Member since October 2025

Personal information

  • Born: 1975 in Hamburg
  • Nationality: German
  • Place of residence: Hamburg

Current occupation and career history

  • Since March 2018: President of the Ministry of Finance and Districts of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
  • 2011 – 2018: Member of the Hamburg State Parliament (Bürgerschaft), Chairman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group
  • 2004 – 2011: Lawyer in the higher administrative service of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (most recently head of department in the Ministry of Urban Development and Environment)
  • 2004 – 2011: Member of the Hamburg State Parliament (Bürgerschaft), spokesperson for domestic policy for the Social Democratic parliamentary group
  • 2001 – 2004: Deputy to the Justice Authority and advisor at Billwerder Prison
  • 1997 – 2001: Member of the Wandsbek District Assembly

Education

  • 1994 – 1999: Studied law at the University of Hamburg, first state examination
  • 2000 – 2003: Research assistant at the Seminar for Administrative Studies at the University of Hamburg, doctorate
  • 2002 – 2004: Legal clerkship in Hamburg and Los Angeles, second state examination

Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards of German companies

  • Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank AöR1
  • HGV Hamburger Gesellschaft für Vermögens- und Beteiligungsmanagement mbH1 (Chair)
  • Port of Hamburg Beteiligungsgesellschaft SE1 (Member of the Administrative Board)

Memberships in comparable domestic or foreign controlling bodies of business enterprises

  • FCH Finance City Hamburg GmbH1 (Chair)
  • GMH | Gebäudemanagement Hamburg GmbH1  (Chair)
  • HafenCity Hamburg GmbH1
  • Sprinkenhof GmbH1 (Chair)

Other significant activities alongside the Supervisory Board mandate

  • Since April 2016 District Chairman of the Social Democratic parliamentary group Hamburg-Wandsbek

1 Affiliated companies of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg (excluding the HHLA Group)