
Mr
Real name:
Mr
Real name:
Practitioner Member
Academic Director
Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Corporate Governance Institute
Graduate Studies:
University of Cologne (1965 -1969) Master of Business Administration (Banking, Finance, Taxation)
Current Activities:
Graduate Studies:
University of Cologne (1965 -1969) Master of Business Administration (Banking, Finance, Taxation)
Current Activities:
- Member of the German Government Commission on Corporate Governance
- Initiator and Member: German Panel on Corporate Governance (author of the Code of Best Practice for quoted German companies)
- Member of the Capital Markets Committee of the German Ministry of Finance
- World Bank - OECD Global Corporate Governance Forum: - Member of the Private Sector Advisory Group
- International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN): Chairman 2005/2006
- Chairman or Member of Boards of Directors:
- DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt
- Fraport AG, Frankfurt
- The Germany Funds, New York (Chairman)
- Hermes Focus Asset Management Europe Limited, London - Adviser for capital markets, corporate finance and asset management matters
Professional Career:- Bank Training with Merck. Finck & Co. Munich (private bankers) (1962 -1964)
- Corporate Finance and Asset Management Traineeships
- Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., New York (1970- 1971)
- Chemical Bank, New York
- S.G. Warburg, London - Deutsche Bank Head Office Frankfurt: Investment Banking activities in Northern Europe (1972 -1982)
- Deutsche Bank, London Branch: General Manager (incl. Asset Management) (1982 -1985)
- Deutsche Bank, New York: Chief Executive Investment Banking North America (1986 -1991 )
- DWS Investment GmbH, Frankfurt/Main (Germany's and Europe's leading mutual fund manager with assets of 120 billion): Managing Director and CEO (1991-1999)