Bernd Paul Hoffmann (born 21 January 1963, Leverkusen) is a German sports official and was Chairman of 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV from 2003 to 2011 and from 2018 to 2020.
Life
editHoffman studied at the University of Cologne and in Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1989 with a master's degree in Business Administration.[1] He then worked for the sports marketer UFA Sports and later at Sportfive for the marketing of some football clubs in the new federal states. In 1998, UFA Sports also took over the marketing of Hamburger SV.[2]
On 16 December 2002, Hoffmanns commitment to HSV was announced. On 1 February 2003 Hoffman was elected to the role of chief executive of HSV with an initial four year contract; this contract was extended in December 2007 to December 2011.[3] In March 2011, Hoffmann did not receive the necessary two-thirds majority with a vote of 7:5. Hoffmann's contract, which expires at the end of 2011, would not be extended. In March 2011, HSV announced that they had separated from Bernd Hoffmann effective immediately.[4][5]
From January 2013 to January 2018, Hoffmann was managing partner of the player consulting agency Lanista Sports Management GmbH.[3][5]
He was elected to the office of President of the club on 18 February 2018 with 51.1% of the votes, making him a natural member of the supervisory board of HSV Fußball AG, into which the licensed player department has been spun off since 2014.[6] On 27 February 2018, he was elected deputy chairman of the supervisory board,[7] before taking over as chairman of the board[8] on 7 March.[9]
Hoffmann is divorced, has four children (twice twins) and lives with his girlfriend Sandra Henke in Hamburg.[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Bernd Hoffmann". DFL. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Kramer, Jörg (2 January 2000). "Das klingt natürlich blöde" (in German). Spiegel. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Das Team" (in German). Lanista. 6 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Glindmeier, Mike (16 March 2011). "HSV trennt sich von Hoffmann und Kraus" (in German). Spiegel. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ a b Marwedel, Jörg (18 January 2018). "Herr Hoffmann will den HSV retten" (in German). Süddeutsche Zeitung. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Bernd Hoffmann ist neuer Präsident des HSV e.V." (in German). HSV. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Bernd Hoffmann ist Stellvertretender Aufsichtsratsvorsitzender" (in German). HSV. 27 February 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ "Aufsichtsrat stellt Heribert Bruchhagen frei" (in German). HSV. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
- ^ Wolff, Sebastian (8 March 2018). "Hoffmann: "Das ist jetzt der Neustart"" (in German). Kicker. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
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