Prof. DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner

Prof. DDr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner has served as Scientific Co-Director of the Center for Entrepreneurial and Financial Studies since 2003 and has been Holder of Chair for Entrepreneurial Finance from 2001 to 2020 at Technical University Munich, Germany. She began her career with MS Management Service AG in St. Gallen, Switzerland in 1991. In 1992, she began as a university lecturer in Finance and External Auditing at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland. In 1994, she became a consultant at McKinsey & Company, Inc, in Frankfurt, Germany. In 1995, she was appointed Holder of the Endowed Chair for Banking and Finance and Chair of the Board of the Institute for Financial Management at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel, Germany.

Prof. DDr. Achleitner is a member of the Board of Directors of Lazard Ltd., where she is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating & Governance Committee. She is also a member of the Advisory Board of Luxembourg Investment 261 S.à.r.L. (Techem GmbH), where she is the Chairperson of the Nomination & Compensation Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. She is Founding Investor and Vice Chairwoman of planqc GmbH.

Prof. DDr. Achleitner was a member of the Supervisory Board of Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG (Munich Re) in Munich, Germany until April 2024. She was a member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Börse AG in Frankfurt, Germany until May 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors of ENGIE SA in Paris, France until May 2019. Prof. DDr. Achleitner was a member of the Supervisory Board of Linde AG from 2011-2019, where she was also member of the Audit Committee and the Nomination Committee. She also served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Metro AG in Düsseldorf, Germany until February 2017, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Vontobel Holding AG and Vontobel Bank AG in Zurich, Switzerland until April 2013.