Born 1971 in Göttingen, Petra Scharner-Wolff has been Member of the Executive Board since 1 June 2015 where she is responsible for Finance, Controlling and Human Resources.
After completing her master's degree in business management at the University of Göttingen, she joined the Nymphenburg Group in Munich as a management consultant in 1995.
In 1999, Scharner-Wolff moved to financial controlling at the Otto Group in Hamburg, where she became Vice-President of Group Controlling Affiliates in 2002 with responsibility for financial controlling of all Group companies globally.
In 2007 Scharner-Wolff joined the Executive Board of the Schwab Group in Hanau. On 1 July 2009 she became Speaker of the Schwab Group Executive Board. Responsible for the Planning and Controlling, Finance and Accounting, IT, Stock Management and Technology as well as HR divisions, she drove the successful establishment of the Sheego fashion concept.
In 2012 Scharner-Wolff moved back to Hamburg as a member of the OTTO Management Board where she was responsible for HR, Controlling and IT.
Petra Scharner-Wolff is married and the mother of two children.