Press-release Contact 12 April 2013 Person Fitschen takes over Dr. Kerstin Altendorf Bundesverband deutscher Banken presidency of the e.V. Director, Pressespre‐ Association of German cherin Tel. +49 30 Banks 1663-1250 [email protected] Jürgen Fitschen, Co-Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG, will take over the presidency of the Association of German Banks on 15 April 2013 from Andreas Schmitz, Chairman of the Management Board of HSBC Trinkaus und Burkhardt AG. Schmitz has held the ofce since 2009. Fitschen thanked Schmitz for his dedication and commitment during his term. “In turbulent times and an increasingly complex environment, Andreas Schmitz represented the interests of the industry very well as President and raised the public visibility of the association. In addition, he moved forward the reorientation of the Association of German Banks. The association is now in an excellent position; this is above all due to Andreas Schmitz.” The Board of Directors of the Association of German Banks elects the President from among its members for a period of three years. Andreas Schmitz has even held the presidency for four years because he laid importance on being closely involved in the association’s internal reorientation during the sovereign debt crisis. The Board of Directors of the Association of German Banks (from 15 April 2013) Jürgen Fitschen Co-Chairman of the Management Board and the Group Executive Committee, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main President Christian Olearius Press-releaseGeneral Partner – Spokesman, M.M.Warburg & CO KGaA, Hamburg Member of the Presidency Andreas Schmitz Chairman of the Management Board, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, Düsseldorf Member of the Presidency Markus Beumer Member of the Board of Managing Directors, Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main Michael Kemmer General Manager, Association of German Banks, Berlin Thomas A. Lange Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, NATIONAL-BANK AG, Essen Hans-Walter Peters Spokesman of the Managing Partners, Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co. KG, Hamburg Lutz Raettig Director Morgan Stanley Bank International Ltd. German Branch, Frankfurt am Main Wolf Schumacher Chairman of the Management Board, Aareal Bank AG, Wiesbaden Theodor Weimer Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors, UniCredit Bank AG, Munich Presidents of the Association of German Banks ■ Jürgen Fitschen, Deutsche Bank AG, from 15 April 2013 ■ Andreas Schmitz, HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG, 2009-2013 ■ Klaus-Peter Müller, Commerzbank AG, 2005-2009 ■ Rolf-E. Breuer, Deutsche Bank AG, 2001-2005 ■ Frank Heintzeler, Baden-Württembergische Bank AG, 2000-2001 ■ Martin Kohlhaussen, Commerzbank AG, 1997-2000 ■ Karl-Heinz Wessel, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA, 1994-1997 ■ Eberhard Martini, Bayerische Hypotheken- und Wechsel- Bank AG, 1991-1994 Seite 2/3 Press-release■ Wolfgang Röller, Dresdner Bank AG, 1987-1991 ■ Hanns C. Schroeder-Hohenwarth, BHF-BANK, 1983-1987 ■ Harald Kühnen, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA, 1979-1983 ■ F. Wilhelm Christians, Deutsche Bank AG, 1975-1979 ■ Alwin Münchmeyer, Schröder, Münchmeyer, Hengst & Co, 1968-1975 ■ Gotthard Freiherr von Falkenhausen, Trinkaus & Burkhardt, 1960-1967 ■ Robert Pferdmenges, Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KgaA, 1951-1960 Press contact: Lars D. Hofer Media spokesman Bundesverband deutscher Banken Telefon: +49 30 1663-1210 Telefax: +49 30 1663-1272 [email protected] » press ofce Seite 3/3.