Josef Ackermann is a Swiss banker and chief executive officer

Chief executive officer

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 of Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

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Ackermann agreed at the end of 2009 to continue as chief executive of Deutsche Bank for another three years until 2013.

Ackermann is a graduate of the University of St. Gallen

University of St. Gallen

The University of St. Gallen is a public research university located in St. Gallen, Switzerland. It is specialized in the fields of business administration, economics, law, and international affairs. The University of St. Gallen is also known as HSG, which is an abbreviation of its former German...

 (HSG). He was born in Mels

Mels

Mels is a municipality in the Wahlkreis of Sarganserland in the Seeztal, canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland.-History:Mels is first mentioned in 765 as Maile though this comes from a later copy of the original document. In 1018 it was mentioned as Meilis.-Geography:Mels has an area, , of...

, Canton of St. Gallen

Canton of St. Gallen

The Canton of St. Gallen is a canton of Switzerland. St. Gallen is located in the north east of Switzerland. It covers an area of 2,026 km², and has a population of . , the population included 97,461 foreigners, or about 20.9% of the total population. The capital is St. Gallen. Spelling...

, Switzerland

Switzerland

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He is married to Pirkko Mölsä.

Other responsibilities:

• Second Deputy Chairman of Siemens AG
  Siemens AG
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• Non Executive Director of Shell
  Royal Dutch Shell
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• Visiting professor of Finance at the London School of Economics
  London School of Economics
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• Visiting professor at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University
• President of the Board of Trustees of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies
  St. Gallen Symposium
  The St. Gallen Symposium is an annual symposium on the campus of the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland which brings together distinguished leaders from business, science, and politics as well as some of the most talented youngsters from around the world...
  
  
• President of the Board of Patrons of the Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs
  Institute for Corporate Culture Affairs
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• Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of International Finance
  Institute of International Finance
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According to the Financial Times Deutschland

Financial Times Deutschland

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Ackermann earned €9.4m in 2009 and €8.8m in 2010. His included bonus in 2009 was €8.2m and €7.1m in 2010.