Member of the Board of Management
Dr. Lydia Sebastian is a member of the Board of Management for “Legal and Compliance, Member Affairs and Internal Operations” at TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V. since February 1, 2021. She previously worked for five years as head of the Supervisory Board office at TÜV Rheinland AG and as head of the Executive Board office.
Dr. Sebastian (born 1972) is a licensed lawyer and completed, parallel to her academic career an apprenticeship as a qualified banker. After obtaining her doctorate (Dr. iur.), she started her professional life in 2000 as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group, focusing on financial institutions.
From 2009 on, Dr. Sebastian took over the mandate office of a professional supervisory board member and thus gained further experience in strategic and operational monitoring and controlling. After moving to the Rhineland in 2013, she initially worked at the board staff of apoBank, before finding a new professional home in the TÜV Rheinland Group.
Dr. Lydia Sebastian lives in Neuss with her husband and four children.
| 1991-1996 | Law studies at the Universities of Münster, Lausanne/Geneva and Heidelberg, First State Examination in Law |
| 1993 | Examination as a qualified banker, Sparkassenakademie/Deutsche Sparkassenschule, Hanover |
| 1996-1999 | Legal internship at the Higher Regional Court of Koblenz with stays abroad in Paris and Cape Town, Second State Examination in Law |
| 1999 | Doctorate (Dr. iur.), Institute for Commercial and Business Law, Philipps University Marburg |
| 2000-2008 | Management consultant Boston Consulting Group, Frankfurt |
| 2009-2013 | Office Manager of a professional supervisory board office, Kronberg |
| 2014-2015 | Deputy Head Board Office, Deutsche Apotheker- und Ärztebank eG, Düsseldorf |
| 2016-2021 | Office-Head Executive and Supervisory Board, TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V., Cologne |
| 2021 | Since February 1 Member of the Board of Management, TÜV Rheinland Berlin Brandenburg Pfalz e.V. |