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:

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Pfandbriefbank, a non-executive director of Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, Deutsche Telekom and KfW IPEX Bank, 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 and Associate Director of UBS in London

Committee memberships: Member of the Affiliated Transaction Committee and Audit Committee