Dirk Bollwerk begins his third term: He was re-elected president of the ZVDH at the delegates' meeting held during the Dach + Holz trade fair in Cologne. (Photo: © ZVDH / Giulio Coscia)

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ZVDH Executive Board: Dirk Bollwerk confirmed in office, Felix Schneider newly elected

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March 2026

Dirk Bollwerk will remain president of the ZVDH for the next three years. Felix Schneider is the new vice president, succeeding Michael Zimmermann.

At the delegates' meeting of the Central Association of the German Roofing Trade The election of the association's leadership was also on the agenda at the (ZVDH) meeting on February 26, 2026, in Cologne. current president Dirk Bollwerk was re-elected for another three years approved.

The 55-year-old master roofer, plumber and carpenter has been running the roofing business since 1993. Joh. Bollwerk Roofing GmbH In Rees-Haldern, in the Lower Rhine region, according to a press release from the ZVDH (Central Association of the German Roofing Trade). For his third term, Bollwerk has pledged to increase the visibility of the roofing trade at the political level and to promote digitalization and the use of AI in businesses.

Voice of East German businesses

Felix Schneider, Vice President of the ZVDH Photo: © ZVDH

Go to the new vice president of the ZVDH Felix Schneider elected. The 35-year-old industrial engineer will take up the Successor to Michael Zimmermann Felix Schneider, who had held the office since 2017 and did not run for re-election, is one of the managing directors of the roofing company. Schneider Roof WeimarDuring his term of office, the Thuringian wants to focus on the area of business administration and contribute to ensuring that "companies increasingly address topics such as the calculation of orders, but also business succession".

Furthermore, he wants to give the East German guild-affiliated businesses a voice within the central association. Besides Dirk Bollwerk and Felix Schneider, he is also involved. Jan Voges and Dirk Sindermann the ZVDH executive committee. The two vice presidents did not have to stand for re-election in Cologne.