Senator Ute Bonde

Senatorin Ute Bonde

Senator for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment

Professional Career

  • since May 23, 2024

    Senator for Urban Mobility, Transport, Climate Action and the Environment of the State of Berlin

  • 2023 – 2024

    Managing Director of VBB Verkehrsverbund Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin Brandenburg Transport Association)

  • 2019 – 2023

    “Prokurist” (executive with full signing powers) of Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Berlin municipal transport, BVG)

  • 2015 – 2023

    CFO at Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe Projekt GmbH

  • 2013 – 2015

    CEO at Berlinwasser Beteiligungs GmbH (formerly RWE-Veolia Berlinwasser Beteiligungs GmbH)

  • 2009 – 2013

    Head of Corporate Legal Department, Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (Berlin municipal transport, BVG)

  • 2005 – 2009

    Berlin State Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Technology, and Women; responsible for public-law institutions as per the Berlin Public Services Act (BerlBG)

  • 1995 – 2005

    Berlin State Senate Department for Finance, Office for the Settlement of Unresolved Property Issues

Education and Training

  • 1992 – 1995

    Legal Intern at Cologne Regional Court

  • 1986 – 1991

    Law Studies at the University of Bonn

Political Career

  • Member of the CDU