Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen

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Matthias Kollatz
State Minister of Finance
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byUlrich Nußbaum
Personal details
Born (1957-09-24) September 24, 1957 (age 66)
NationalityGerman
Political partySPD

Matthias Kollatz (24 September 1957 ) is a German politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) who served as State Minister of Finance in the government of Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin from 2014 to 2021.

Career

From 2006 until 2011, Kollatz served as Vice President and Member of the Management Committee of the European Investment Bank (EIB) under the leadership of president Philippe Maystadt;[1] he was succeeded by Werner Hoyer.

From 2012 until 2014, Kollatz worked as Senior Adviser at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ahead of the 2013 state elections in Hesse, Thorsten Schäfer-Gümbel included him in his shadow cabinet for the SPD campaign to unseat incumbent Volker Bouffier as Minister-President.

From 2014 until 2021, Kollatz served as State Minister of Finance in the government of Mayor Michael Müller of Berlin.[2][3][4] As one of the state's representatives at the Bundesrat, he was a member of the Committee on Legal Affairs. He was also a member of the German-French Friendship Group set up by the German Bundesrat and the French Senate.

In the 2016 state elections, Kollatz became a member of the Abgeordnetenhaus of Berlin, representing the Steglitz-Zehlendorf district.

Other activities (selection)

Corporate boards

  • Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2014–2021)[5]
  • Charité, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2014–2021)[6]
  • Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB), Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2014–2021)[7]
  • Vivantes, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2014–2021)[8]

Non-profit organizations

  • Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, Member of the Political Advisory Board (since 2020)[9]

Personal life

Kollatz was married to fellow SPD politician Doris Ahnen from 1993 until 2018.[10][11] He has a son.

References

  1. ^ Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen, new member of the Management Committee European Investment Bank (EIB), press release of October 11, 2006.
  2. ^ "Matthias Kollatz-Ahnen - neues Mitglied des Direktoriums der EIB". www.eib.org. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  3. ^ "Werner Hoyer tritt Amt als EIB-Präsident am 1. Januar 2012 an". www.eib.org. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
  4. ^ Vieth-Entus, Susanne (2 February 2018). "Berlin plant 20 Prozent Zuschlag für Lehrer im Pensionsalter". Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via Tagesspiegel.
  5. ^ Supervisory Board Berliner Wasserbetriebe (BWB).
  6. ^ Supervisory Board Charité.
  7. ^ Supervisory Board Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB).
  8. ^ Supervisory Board Vivantes.
  9. ^ Bernd Westphal und Anke Rehlinger koordinieren neu konstituierten Politischen Beirat des SPD-Wirtschaftsforums Business Forum of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, press release of July 1, 2020.
  10. ^ Hannelore Crolly (November 21, 2014), Deutschlands erstes Finanzminister-Ehepaar Die Welt.
  11. ^ Hildburg Bruns (July 27, 2018), Finanzsenator Kollatz ist jetzt Ahnen-los B.Z..


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