Weidmann to join Commerzbank in 2023

Former Bundesbank president will become chairman of the bank’s supervisory board

Jens Weidmann
Jens Weidmann
Bankenverband/Jochen Zick

Jens Weidmann, former Deutsche Bundesbank president, will join Commerzbank next year, the German lender said in a statement on November 19.

The bank issued the statement to announce Helmut Gottschalk, the current member chairman of the institution’s supervisory board, has decided to step down after the next annual general meeting in May.

It added that “in co-ordination with the Federal Ministry of Finance, he has also proposed Dr Jens Weidmann as a new member of the supervisory board, who will

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