07/08/2013
At its meeting today the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank decided to reduce the Board of Managing Directors from nine members to seven in the foreseeable future. Concrete personnel decisions were not taken today; a decision will be taken following in-depth consultations and after sounding out possibilities for a mutual solution with the members of the Board of Managing Directors concerned.
The reduction in size of the Board of Managing Directors is a consequence of the Group strategy adopted by the Board of Managing Directors in November 2012. Part of this strategy is a further significant reduction in costs, and thus also job cuts. These measures will not only affect employees, but also the management levels and the Board of Managing Directors.
“In view of the agreed job cuts it is only consistent that the management structures of the Bank are also amended,” said Klaus-Peter Müller, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank.
“We support the repositioning of the Bank adopted by the Board of Managing Directors. Against this background the decision to reduce the Board of Managing Directors is comprehensible,” said Uwe Tschäge, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
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About Commerzbank
Commerzbank is a leading bank in Germany and Poland. It is also present worldwide in all markets for its customers as a partner to the business world. With the business areas Private Customers, Mittelstandsbank, Corporates & Markets and Central & Eastern Europe, it offers its private and corporate customers as well as institutional investors the banking and capital market services they need. With approximately 1,200 branches Commerzbank has one of the densest branch networks among German private banks. In total, Commerzbank boasts nearly 15 million private customers, as well as 1 million business and corporate customers. In 2012, it generated revenues of just under EUR 10 billion with approximately 56,000 employees on average.
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