Key strengths/experience:

- Expert in finance and international listed groups
- Thorough understanding of capital markets and mergers and acquisitions
- Extensive commercial and investor relations experience
- Strong executive and senior leadership experience in global businesses
- Risk oversight and corporate governance expertise

Key external commitments:

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG, non-executive director of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE, Deutsche Telekom AG and Paysafe Group Limited, and Commissioner in the German Monopolies Commission

Previous roles:

CEO and Country Head in Germany and Austria for Morgan Stanley, member of the board of Morgan Stanley International Ltd in London, Associate Director of UBS in London, non-executive director of KfW IPEX-Bank and Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG

Committee memberships: Chairman of the Affiliated Transaction Committee and member of the Audit Committee