DR. JOSEF ACKERMANN

CHAIRMAN OF ADVISORY BOARD

SENIOR ADVISOR & HONORARY MEMBER
SWITZERLAND

Professional Career

Mr. Ackermann (born 1948, Swiss Citizen) started his career as a banker in 1977 at Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA), today's Credit Suisse. In 1990, he was appointed to the Executive Board, becoming its president in 1993.

In 1996, Mr. Ackermann joined the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG, where he became responsible for the investment banking division. From 2002 to 2012 he served a full decade, first as spokesman and later as chairman of the Management Board as well as the Group Executive Committee.

During this time he led Deutsche Bank into the top ranks of the world's investment banks and steered it safely through the epochal financial crisis which broke out in 2007.

At the same time, as chairman of the Institute of International Finance (IIF), the global association of banks, he was highly instrumental in helping to solve this crisis as well as the ensuing debt crisis in the Euro zone.

After his time at Deutsche Bank Mr. Ackermann has been Chairman of the Board of Directors at Zurich Insurance Group (2012/2013) and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Bank of Cyprus (2014- 2019).

Mandates

Besides his long career in banking Mr. Ackermann has held numerous mandates among them as ranking member of the Board of Directors at Royal Dutch Shell plc, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors at Siemens AG, vice-chairman of the Foundation Board at the World Economic Forum, member of the Board of Directors at Investor AB and vice-chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Conference Board.

In addition, Mr. Ackermann serves as Honorary Chairman of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies and Honorary Member of the Senate of the Lindau Nobel Prizewinners Meetings Foundation.

Academic Titles, Honorary Titles and Activities
Mr. Ackermann gained a doctorate in economics and social sciences from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland and holds a Honorary doctorate of the Democritus University of Thrace, Greece. He is a Honorary Professor of the Goethe University in Frankfurt, a Honorary Fellow of the London Business School and served as Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.

Awards and Honors
• John J. McCloy Award in recognition of contributions to German-American economic relations (2002)
• Appeal of Conscience Award of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation in New York (2003)
• Bridges to Understanding Award of the Jewish Museum New York (2005)
• Herbert H. Lehman Human Relations Award of the American Jewish Committee (2007)
• Global Leadership Award of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (2007)
• Euromoney Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding contributions to financial markets (2009)
• European Banker of the Year 2009 by Group of 20+1 (2010)
• Distinguished Business Leadership Award of The Atlantic Council (2010)
• Leo Baeck Medal of Recognition, awarded by the Leo Baeck Institute London for his devoted support of Jewish cultural and academic institutions (2012)
• German-Swiss Culture Award of the European Culture Foundation (2012)
• Honorary Citizen of Samothrace, Greece (2014)