Friederike Rotsch — Board Member Accountability Profile
Category: Private Citizen — Corporate Director Role: Lead Independent Director, SAP SE Supervisory Board Board Tenure: 2018 – present Committee Memberships: Personnel & Governance (Chair); Audit & Compliance; Nomination; Government Security Profile Type: Board Member Accountability — Anchor B (Documented Organizational Leadership)
Basis for Inclusion: Dr. Friederike Rotsch serves as Lead Independent Director of the SAP SE Supervisory Board. SAP SE is a German multinational enterprise software company whose US subsidiary SAP America is a major federal government technology contractor. SAP made documented political donations to Trump-aligned entities while holding billions in government enterprise software contracts — particularly ERP and cloud computing contracts across federal agencies and the Department of Defense. This profile documents the factual governance relationship, not the subject’s personal political views.
Subject Classification: Private Citizen / Corporate Director. Board membership is a matter of public record.
What is NOT the basis for inclusion: Personal political opinions, party affiliation, or protected speech are NOT the basis for inclusion.
Biographical Overview
Dr. Friederike Rotsch is a German attorney and corporate governance specialist with deep expertise in legal and regulatory matters for multinational technology companies. She served as Group General Counsel of SAP SE, providing legal leadership across the company’s global operations including data privacy, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, and government affairs. Following her executive tenure at SAP, she transitioned to the Supervisory Board, where she serves as Lead Independent Director and chairs the Personnel & Governance Committee — the body responsible for board composition, executive compensation, and governance policy.
Board Role and Governance Authority
- Company: SAP SE (NYSE/XETRA: SAP)
- Board tenure: 2018 – present
- Role: Lead Independent Director (LID)
- Committee assignments: Personnel & Governance Committee (Chair); Audit & Compliance Committee; Nomination Committee; Government Security Committee
- Note: As LID, Rotsch leads independent director deliberations and serves as principal liaison between shareholder-representative directors and management.
Other Current Board Memberships (if applicable)
- Not publicly identified
Parent Corporate Donor Profile
This profile is a governance-accountability companion to the SAP SE corporate donor profile.
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Investigative trail pointers (public records)
Education only — verify independently. Absence of hits is not proof.
| Channel | Starting points |
|---|---|
| Federal courts | CourtListener / PACER party and attorney searches (spelling variants) |
| Campaign finance | FEC + OpenSecrets for committees and donors tied to documented roles |
| Corporate / LLC | State secretary of state; OpenCorporates for cross-border shells from reporting |
| Sanctions / PEP | OpenSanctions when international business context is already sourced |
| Contracts / grants | USAspending.gov for named entities from investigations |
Use public-records-research-specialist, corporate-intelligence-investigator, and public-corruption-ombudsman evidence tiers.
Sources
- SAP SE Form 20-F for FY ended December 31, 2025; SEC EDGAR
- SAP SE Corporate Governance Statement, February 18, 2025