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Member of the Supervisory Board since April 7, 2022, appointed until the shareholders' meeting 2026, Chief Executive Officer of KfW, Frankfurt am Main.

Stefan B. Wintels

Member of the Supervisory Board.



Year of birth: 1966
Place of birth: Nordhorn
Nationality: German

Career history:

Since 2021

CEO of KfW

2001 – 2021

Various roles at Citigroup in Frankfurt/Main

2020 – 2021

Global (Co-)Head Financial Institutions Group, Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory division and Member of the Global Executive Committee in that division

2014 – 2020

Member of the Management Board at Citibank North America (CNAF) 

2014 – 2020

Germany boss and CEO of Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG
(since 2018 “Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG”)

2010 – 2018

Co-Head Financial Institutions Group, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA)

2010 – 2013    

Member of the Board of Management at Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG 

2008 – 2010

Member of the Board of Management at Citigroup Global Markets Management AG 

2008 – 2021

Head (at times Co-Head) of Corporate & Investment Banking, Germany & 

2004 – 2008

Managing Director and Head of the Financial Institutions Group, Germany & Austria 

2001 – 2003

Director of the Financial Institutions Group

1994 – 2001

Various roles at Deutsche Bank AG

1998 – 2001

Director and Head of Europe, Corporate Development department, since 1999 Managing Director, Frankfurt/Main

1997 – 1998

Deputy Head of the London office, Group Investments, London, United Kingdom 

1994 – 1996

Member of the Corporate Development department, Frankfurt/Main

Education and training:

1992 – 1993

Study year (attended year 2 of the MBA program) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA

1990 – 1994

Studied Business Administration at Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) 

Expertise/Professional focal points:
- Member of management committees at international financial service providers, corporate & investment banking, capital markets, digital transformation, committee experience, Risk Management

Seats on the Deutsche Telekom supervisory bodies:
- Audit and Finance Committee

Memberships of other supervisory boards required to be formed by law:
- Deutsche Post AG, Bonn*

Memberships of comparable supervisory bodies of business enterprises in Germany or abroad:
- KfW Capital GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt am Main, Chairman of the Supervisory Board

*listed

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