DVB Bank AG, the Frankfurt-based specialists in international transport finance, today announced that Mr Flemming Jacobs and Mr Robert van der Burg have joined the Bank's Supervisory Board. These appointments were approved by shareholders at the Bank's Annual General Meeting on Friday, 10 June in Frankfurt/Main. Wolfgang F. Driese, Chairman of DVB, commented: "We are delighted that Flemming Jacobs and Robert van der Burg have agreed to join our Supervisory Board. Flemming and Robert are acknowledged experts in their respective fields of shipping and aviation, two markets that are integral to DVB's global transport finance operations. Both members bring a wealth of experience to the Bank which will prove invaluable as DVB's focused expansion gathers momentum." Mr Jacobs' career in the shipping industry commenced in 1960 when he joined AP Moller where he helped to build Maersk Line into one of the world's premier container lines, becoming a partner in AP Moller in 1996. Between 1999 and 2003 Mr Jacobs was President and CEO of Singapore based Neptune Orient Lines, owners of American President Lines and APL Logistics. Amongst others he is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Swedish shipping Group Stena and of the Supervisory Board of Samskip, Iceland. He is also a member of the Panama Canal Advisory Board and the General Committee of Lloyd's Register. Mr Jacobs has been a member of the Supervisory Board of DVB Bank N.V., Rotterdam, the Bank's wholly owned subsidiary, since August 2004. Mr van der Burg started his career in the aviation industry in 1970 when he joined the Dutch airline KLM. He held various positions at KLM, principally in the area of finance. In 1994 he was appointed Senior Vice President Finance at KLM and in 1997 he set up KLM Financial Services, a Dublin based in-house leasing company, where he held the post of Managing Director until his retirement in April 2005. Mr van der Burg's numerous other activities included Board membership of Transavia, the charter airline, between 1993 and 2003. He was also a Director of Polygon Insurance Company, Guernsey (1993-2004), including four years as Chairman of the Board. Between 1993 and 1997 Mr van der Burg served as a member of the IATA Financial Committee, acting as Chairman in 1997. Other members of DVB's Supervisory Board are Dr Thomas Duhnkrack and Mr Wolfgang Kirsch, both members of the Board of Managing Directors of DZ BANK AG, Mr Hemjö Klein, a former member of the Board of Managing Directors of Lufthansa, Prof Dr Manfred Schölch, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Fraport AG, and three DVB employees.