Boards and committees
Management Board
The Management Board is responsible for managing the company. Its members are jointly accountable for the management of the company. The Management Board has, as its prime responsibility, the group's strategic management, resource allocation, financial accounting and reporting, risk management, and corporate control.
Christian Sewing
Christian Sewing
Born: 1970
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2015
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Christian Sewing has been a member of the Management Board since January 1, 2015 and Chief Executive Officer since April 2018. On May 1, 2021 he took on additional responsibility for Human Resources. Before that, he was also responsible for the Corporate Bank and the Investment Bank.
He joined Deutsche Bank in 1989. From January until June 2015, he was responsible on the Management Board for Legal, Incident Management Group and Group Audit, and assumed responsibility for Deutsche Bank’s Private & Commercial Bank (including Postbank) between July 2015 and April 2018. He was Head of Group Audit from June 2013 to December 2014, prior to which he held a number of management positions in Risk. From 2012 to 2013, he was Deputy Chief Risk Officer. From 2010 to 2012, he served as the Bank’s Chief Credit Officer. He has worked in Frankfurt, London, Singapore, Tokyo and Toronto.
From 2005 until 2007, Christian Sewing was a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Genossenschafts-Hypothekenbank.
Education
Before graduating with a diploma from the Bankakademie Bielefeld and Hamburg, Christian Sewing completed a bank apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in 1989.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none
James von Moltke
James von Moltke
Born: 1969
Dual nationality: Australian, German
First appointed: 2017
Career (last updated: August 2023)
James von Moltke has been a member of the Management Board since July 1, 2017. He is the Chief Financial Officer. He has been President alongside Karl von Rohr since March 25, 2022. With effect from July 1, 2023 he took on responsibility for the Asset Management (DWS).
Before joining Deutsche Bank, he served as Treasurer of Citigroup, managing its capital and funding as well as liquidity and interest rate risk. He started his career at Credit Suisse First Boston in London in 1992. In 1995, he joined J.P. Morgan, working at the bank for 10 years in New York and Hong Kong.
After working at Morgan Stanley for four years, where he led the Financial Technology advisory team globally, von Moltke joined Citigroup as Head of Corporate M&A in 2009. Three years later he became Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis. In 2015, he was appointed Treasurer of Citigroup.
Education
Von Moltke holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from New College, University of Oxford.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none
Karl von Rohr
Karl von Rohr
Born: 1965
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2015
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Karl von Rohr was appointed as a member of the Management Board on November 1, 2015 and became President in April 2018.
Von Rohr joined Deutsche Bank in 1997. From July 2019 until end of June 2023 he was responsible for the Private Bank and Asset Management (DWS). He was also responsible for the regions Germany and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). From November 2015 to November 2019 he was the Board member responsible for Human Resources and until July 2020 for Legal and Governance. From 2013 to 2015 he was Global Chief Operating Officer, Regional Management.
Prior to this, he had been Head of Human Resources for Deutsche Bank in Germany and member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank Privat- und Geschäftskunden AG. During his career at Deutsche Bank von Rohr has held various senior management positions in Germany and Belgium.
Education
Karl von Rohr studied law at the universities of Bonn (Germany), Kiel (Germany) and Lausanne (Switzerland) and at Cornell University (USA).
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (listed on the stock exchange)
Fabrizio Campelli
Fabrizio Campelli
Born: 1973
Dual nationality: British, Italian
First appointed: 2019
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Fabrizio Campelli has been responsible for the Corporate Bank and Investment Bank on the Management Board since May 2021. He joined the board in November 2019 in his former role of Chief Transformation Officer, responsible for transformation and Human Resources.
In August 2021 he took on additional responsibility at Management Board level for Deutsche Bank in the UK and Ireland (UKI).
Campelli previously spent four years as the Global Head of Deutsche Bank Wealth Management. Before that he was Head of Strategy & Organisational Development as well as Deputy Chief Operating Officer for Deutsche Bank Group and a member of the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank.
He joined Deutsche Bank in 2004 after working at McKinsey & Company in the firm’s London and Milan offices, focusing on strategic assignments mainly for global financial institutions.
Education
Campelli holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Business Administration degree from Bocconi University.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
BVV Versicherungsverein des Bankgewerbes a.G.
BVV Versorgungskasse des Bankgewerbes
Mandates in the Group:
none
Bernd Leukert
Bernd Leukert
Year of Birth: 1967
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2020
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Bernd Leukert became a member of the Deutsche Bank Management Board on January 1, 2020 with responsibility for Technology, Data and Innovation. He joined Deutsche Bank on September 1, 2019.
He previously worked at SAP, the global software company. From 2014 to 2019, he was responsible for product development and innovations as well as the Digital Business Services division on the Executive Board. He joined SAP in 1994 and held various management positions. He brings 25 years of experience in product development at the leading Germany-based software firm.
Education
Bernd Leukert studied Industrial Engineering and Management at the University of Karlsruhe and at Trinity College Dublin, graduating in 1994 with a Masters Degree in Business Administration.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Mandates in the Group:
DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA (listed on the stock exchange)
Alexander von zur Mühlen
Alexander von zur Mühlen
Year of Birth: 1975
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2020
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Alexander von zur Mühlen has been the CEO of Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Germany since July 2023 and was appointed Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG in August 2020.
Alexander von zur Mühlen joined Deutsche Bank in 1998 and over the years has held a range of management roles in London and Frankfurt across infrastructure and business divisions, including previously serving as Co-Head of Global Capital Markets, with a regional focus on Asia-Pacific and EMEA. From 2009 to 2017, he was Group Treasurer. From 2018 to 2020, he was Head of Group Strategy and was CEO of Asia-Pacific until 2023.
Education
Alexander von zur Mühlen holds a Diploma in Business Administration from the Berlin School of Economics and Law.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none
Claudio de Sanctis
Claudio de Sanctis
Born: 1972
Dual nationality: Italian, Swiss
First appointed: 2023
Career (last updated: September 2023)
Claudio de Sanctis was appointed as a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank on July 1, 2023, as Head of Private Bank.
De Sanctis became Head of the International Private Bank on its creation in June 2020, as well as CEO of EMEA and a Member of Deutsche Bank’s Group Management Committee. He had previously been Global Head of Deutsche Bank Wealth Management since November 2019 after joining the bank in December 2018 as Head of Deutsche Bank Wealth Management Europe. Based in Zurich, he was also the Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank (Switzerland) Ltd during most of his time heading Europe.
He was previously Head of Private Banking, Europe, at Credit Suisse, which he joined in 2013 as Market Area Head Southeast Asia for Private Banking, Asia Pacific. From 2006 to 2013, he was at UBS Wealth Management Europe, most recently as Market Head Iberia and Nordics.
Earlier in his career he was Head of Key Clients Unit Europe at Private Banking in Barclays focusing on UHNW clients and also worked at Merrill Lynch Private Wealth Management EMEA.
Education
De Sanctis earned a BA degree in philosophy at La Sapienza University of Rome.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none
Rebecca Short
Rebecca Short
Born: 1974
Dual nationality: British, New Zealander
First appointed: 2021
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Rebecca Short has been a member of the Management Board since May 1, 2021. She was appointed Chief Operating Officer (COO) on June 1, 2023 and was formerly the Chief Transformation Officer.
She previously spent almost six years within Finance as Head of Group Planning & Performance Management from August 2015.
She joined Deutsche Bank on its graduate programme in Auckland in 1998. She moved to London in 2000 where she spent 13 years in Risk in a variety of roles, primarily in Credit Risk Management, and latterly as European Head of Corporates. In 2013, she moved to a senior central management role in Audit in where she spent two years.
Education
Short has a BCom (Honours) degree in Finance & Accounting from the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none
Stefan Simon
Stefan Simon
Born: 1969
Nationality: German
First appointed: 2020
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Stefan Simon was appointed as a member of the Management Board on August 1, 2020. He is Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and is responsible for Regulatory Affairs, Legal and Governance, Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime and the Business Selection and Conflicts Office. In May 2023 he took an additional responsibility for the Americas region.
Stefan Simon joined Deutsche Bank on August 1, 2019. He was a member of Deutsche Bank’s Supervisory Board between August 2016 and July 31, 2019 and was Chairman of its Integrity Committee. He is a lawyer and certified tax consultant and between 1997 and 2016, he worked at a major law firm, where he was made partner in 2002. Since 2008 he has also been an Honorary Professor at the University of Cologne.
Education
Stefan Simon studied law at the University of Cologne and received his Ph.D. in Public International Law there in 1998.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
Leop. Krawinkel GmbH & Co. KG
The Clearing House Payments Company LLC
Mandates in the Group:
none
Olivier Vigneron
Olivier Vigneron
Born: 1971
Nationality: French
First appointed: 2022
Career (last updated: August 2023)
Olivier Vigneron was appointed as a member of the Management Board on May 20, 2022 and is Chief Risk Officer. He re-joined Deutsche Bank on March 1, 2022.
From January 2020 until re-joining Deutsche Bank in 2022, Olivier Vigneron was Chief Risk Officer of Natixis, where he also served on the Senior Management Committee. From 2008 to 2020, he worked at J.P. Morgan, where he served as Chief Risk Officer for Europe, Middle East and Africa and Firmwide Risk Executive for Market Risk. Prior to this, he worked for BNP Paribas, UniCredit. and Goldman Sachs. Between 2002 and 2005 he worked in Structured Credit Trading for Deutsche Bank in London.
He has also served on the Supervisory Board of J.P. Morgan Germany and on the board of Natixis Assurances.
Education
Olivier Vigneron studied at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris and holds a Diplôme d’Ingénieur (degree in Engineering) from France’s École Polytechnique. He also holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Memberships in statutory supervisory boards and in comparable supervisory bodies of German and foreign business enterprises:
none
Mandates in the Group:
none