JürgenFitschen

Jürgen Fitschen was born in 1948 in a small town south of Hamburg, Germany. He completed his apprenticeship at a foreign trade company in Hamburg and earned his MBA from the University of Hamburg.

He began his career at Citibank in Hamburg and, in 1983, became a member of the Management Board of Citibank Germany.

In 1987, he joined Deutsche Bank. After holding various executive positions in Thailand, Japan, Singapore and the United Kingdom, he became a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank Group’s Corporate and Investment Bank in 2001. In 2002, he left the Board to join the newly established Group Management Committee, where he served until 2015, when the Committee was dissolved.

In 2004, Fitschen was appointed Head of International Regional Management while simultaneously serving as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Deutsche Bank in Germany, one of the world’s largest financial institutions.

In 2009, he rejoined the Management Board of Deutsche Bank Group and served as Co-Chief Executive Officer from 2012 to 2016.

From April 2013 to April 2016, he served as President of the German Bankers Association. He has served on various supervisory boards in Germany and Switzerland and has also chaired the boards of cultural institutions.

Since 2017, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank Foundation, while also acting as an advisor to numerous companies and institutions in Germany and around the world.