Jürgen Fitschen

Jürgen Fitschen

Senior Advisor – former Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt-am-Main; former President, Association of German Banks (BDB), Berlin; Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Ceconomy AG

Jürgen Fitschen is Senior Advisor to Deutsche Bank and was its Co-Chief Executive Officer from June 1, 2012 until May 19, 2016. Jürgen Fitschen is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ceconomy AG. Trained as a wholesale and export trader, then graduated in business administration from Hamburg University. Jürgen Fitschen started his career in 1975 at Citibank in Hamburg. In 1983 he was appointed member of the Executive Committee of Citibank Germany. In 1987 he joined Deutsche Bank and after various management positions in Thailand, Japan, Singapore and UK he was appointed member of the Management Board in 2001 responsible for “Corporate and Investment Bank”. Jürgen Fitschen left the Management Board in 2002 and became a member of the newly created Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank until its resolution in 2015. In 2004 he took over the responsibilities as Global Head of Regional Management and CEO of Deutsche Bank Germany. In 2009 he rejoined the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG retaining both responsibilities, and was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer as of June 1, 2012. Jürgen Fitschen is a member of the Supervisory Board of Metro AG and a member of the Board of Directors of Kühne+Nagel International AG. From April 2013 until April 2016 he was President of the Association of German Banks (Bundesverband deutscher Banken e.V.).