BHF Kleinwort Benson Appoints New Chairman
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Brussels, 22 April 2015 - BHF Kleinwort Benson Group (the "Company" or "BHF KB")
announces today that Gerd Häusler will take over from Konstantin Graf von
Schweinitz as Chairman of the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board")
effective 22 April 2015. Gerd Häusler was appointed as an independent member of
the Board on 24 February 2015 and previously served on the Board from October
2008 until June 2013. Graf von Schweinitz will remain a member of the Board and
in addition will become Chairman of Kleinwort Benson based in London.
Further Information
Directors' Biographies
Mr Häusler has over 35 years' international banking and financial markets
experience, most recently as CEO of Bayerische Landesbank (2010-2014) and, prior
to that, as non-executive Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Risk Committee of
Bayerische Landesbank (2009-2010). Mr Häusler was Counsellor and Director of the
International Capital Markets Department of the IMF (2001-2006), responsible for
all financial markets-related work. After two years as Vice Chairman and
Managing Director at Lazard, he served as a member of the Board of BHF KB from
2008 to 2013 and as Senior Advisor to BHF KB from 2008 until 2010. Mr Häusler
was a member of the Board of Managing Directors of Dresdner Bank AG in Frankfurt
(1996 to 2000) and Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson in London (1997 to
2000). During the first 18 years of his career Mr Häusler held various positions
at Deutsche Bundesbank, latterly on the Executive Board and the Central Bank
Council (1994-1996). He has served as non-executive director at various
companies, most recently Munich Re, and has been a member of the Group of
Thirty, a think tank on international economic and monetary affairs, since
1996. Mr Häusler was a non-executive member of the Board from October 2008 until
June 2013, and served as Chairman and independent member of the Board of
Directors of Kleinwort Benson Group Limited from April 2014 until December 2014.
Graf von Schweinitz, appointed as an independent member of the Board in June
2011 and as Chairman in June 2014, has 30 years of investment banking
experience, principally in capital markets and risk management. He has been a
member of the Board of Directors of Kleinwort Benson Bank since July 2010 and a
member of BHF-BANK's Supervisory Board since March 2014. Until March 2007, he
spent 19 years within the investment banking divisions of Dresdner Bank and
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. During this time, he worked in various roles
including derivatives trading, hedge fund management and as Chief Operating
Officer of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein UK, before becoming Chief Risk Officer
of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Head of Risk Management Investment
Banking. He was also the Deputy Chairman of Dresdner Group's Credit Committee
and a member of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein's Executive Committee. From 1982
to 1988, he worked at The Chase Manhattan Bank where he headed the European Swap
Group. Since 2007 Graf von Schweinitz has been an independent advisor to hedge
funds, banks and private equity companies. He holds a BA and MA from Oxford
University.
Contact Details
For further information, Katia Levy-Thevenon
please contact Director of Investor Relations and Communications
t: +32 (0)2 643 60 13
e: klevy(at)bhfkleinwortbenson.com
About BHF Kleinwort Benson Group SA
BHF Kleinwort Benson (Euronext: BHFKB) is a limited liability company
incorporated under the laws of Belgium, having its registered office at Avenue
Louise 326, 1050 Brussels, Belgium. BHF Kleinwort Benson is a merchant bank with
principal activities in private banking, asset management and financial markets
& corporates.
For further information visit: www.BHFKleinwortBenson.com
This press release contains or may contain certain forward-looking statements
concerning the Company's operations, economic performance and financial
condition. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's current
expectations, estimates and projections and are subject to a number of
assumptions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company
to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. The Company has no
obligation to publicly update or release any revisions to these forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press
release.
Full Press Release (PDF):
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