Personal

Date and place of Birth: 16.08.1949, Offenbach am Main, Germany

Marital status: married, 2 children 

Professional Biography

1968 – 1970 National military service, air force, Leipheim/Ulm and Waldbroel

1970 – 1975 Study of economics, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe University,  Frankfurt/Main

Masters Degree (Diplom-Volkswirt) – „sehr gut“ best graduate

1971 - 1976 Tutor in mathematical and economic Statistics (1976: academic)

with Prof. Blind, Prof. Grohmann, Prof. Hansen and Prof. Hecheltjen

1973 Research Assistant of Prof. Meissner(project „Umweltökonomie“, promoted by „Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft“ - DFG)

1976 – 2009 Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt/Main

1976 – 1978 Graduate Trainee Program – instructor exam

1978 – 1981 Branch Manager, Langen

1981 – 1983 Branch Manager, Frankfurt-Hoechst

1983 – 1987 Head of Credit and Deputy Head of Corporate Client Business, Frankfurt/Main

1987 – 1993 Regional Branch Manager, responsible for Corporate Client Business, Essen (75 affiliated branches)

1993 – 2000 General Manager (Executive Vice President) and Head of Central Credit Department (worldwide responsibility), Chief Credit Officer Commerzbank Group (CCO), Frankfurt/Main

2000 – 2009 Member of the Board of Managing Directors,Chief Risk Officer Commerzbank Group (CRO), Frankfurt/Main

2004 -  2022  Member of the Advisory Board of the “accadis” University, Bad Homburg (www.accadis.com)

2009 Additionally: Member of the Board of Managing Directors and CRO, Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main,Current Positions

2010 to date Chairman and owner of Alpegra GmbH & Co. KG, Kelkheim/Ts., private Real Estate Investment and Mid Cap/ Financial Services Advisory Company (www.alpegra.de)

2011 - 2018 Member of the German Federal expert committee for European economic and currency policy/ “Wirtschaftsrat Deutschland” 

2011 - 2018 Member of the Regional Advisory Board of Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main

2013 - 2024 Chairman of the Investment Committee and Member of the Advisory Board Rantum Capital (www.rantumcapital.de)

2015 - 2017  Lectureship at the Goethe Business School (www.goethe-business-school.de) of the J. W. Goethe University in “Bank’s Risk Governance and Regulation”

2016 - 2018 Lectureship at the accadis Hochschule, Bad Homburg (www.accadis.com) in “Management of Risk and Opportunities”

2016 - 2020 Member of the Senior Advisory Board of Intrum, Heppenheim (www.intrum.com)

2017 to date Honorary Chairman of the board of managing directors of "The Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management and Regulation (FIRM)" (www.firm.fm)

2019 - 2022  Chairman of the Advisory Board of the “accadis” University, Bad Homburg (www.accadis.com)

Earlier Additional Positions

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerz Leasing und Immobilien AG (Düsseldorf) and Commerz Grundbesitz Investment AG (Wiesbaden)

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat 1 Media AG (Unterföhring)

Supervisory Board Mandates: Adolf Ahlers AG (Herford), Essenhyp AG (Essen), Eurohypo AG (Eschborn), Vaillant AG (Remscheid)

Commerzbank Delegate in various committees concerning the German financial market, risk policy and the Bundesverband deutscher Banken (Association of German Banks, Berlin)

Commerzbank-Sherpa for the Initiative Germany as a Financial Centre (IFD), Lead-Sherpa for the Working group “Financing of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises” (Frankfurt)

Member of the Steering Committee of the Global Risk Management Round Table, The Risk Management Association (RMA), Philadelphia

Member of the Steering Committee on Regulatory Capital, Institute of International Finance (Washington)

Member of the Financial Services Expert Panel for Economy and Currency (ECON), European Parliament (Brussels)

2013/2014 Research Scholar at the College of Business of the University of North Texas in Banking and Risk Management

2014 Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of HBInt / Heta Asset Resolution / Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hypo Alpe Adria / Single Board Member of ABBAG AG/HBI-BH, Klagenfurt am Wörthersee, Austria

Deputy Chairman of the Association of the Institute of Banking and Banking Law, University of Cologne

2010 – 2016 Member of the Board for the Frankfurt section of “WirtschaftsratDeutschland” (www.wirtschaftsrat.de)

2008 – 8/2017 Co-Editor of “Bankpraktiker”, a monthly financial services publication(www.bankpraktiker.de)

2010 – 2016 Lectureship at the Frankfurt School for Finance & Management (www.Frankfurt-School.de) in Corporate Governance and Bank Regulation

2009 – 8/2017 Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors at the “Association for RiskManagement and Regulation” and the “Frankfurt Institute for Risk Management andRegulation” / FIRM (www.firm.fm)

2009 – 8/2017 Member of the Board and Executive Committee of “Frankfurt MainFinance”(www.frankfurt-main-finance.com)

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