At its meeting on 16 June 2008, the supervisory board of Deutsche Brse AG appointed Andreas Preuss Deputy CEO of the executive board and also extended his Board membership contract by five years with effect from 1 April 2009.
“We are very pleased that Mr. Preuss will be continuing his successful work with the Company. His appointment as Deputy CEO of the Executive Board is an expression of our recognition of Preuss’ convincing performance and the key role he played in the successful acquisition and integration of the International Securities Exchange (ISE),” says Kurt Viermetz, chairman of the supervisory board, Deutsche Brse AG.
“I am very glad to be continuing my working relationship with Andreas Preuss for many more years, and that he will be remaining on the Executive Board. Andreas Preuss is one of the most competent managers in the worldwide derivatives industry,” says Dr. Reto Francioni, CEO, Deutsche Brse AG.
Andreas Preuss (51) became a member of the executive board of Deutsche Brse AG in April 2006, assuming responsibility for the Derivatives & Market Data section. At the same time he was appointed CEO of the executive boards of Zrich AG, Eurex Frankfurt AG and Eurex Clearing AG. Prior to this, Preuss was COO and partner of the Mako Group, London, one of the world’s leading derivatives trading companies. From 1990 to 2000, he has already worked for Deutsche Brse AG, where he was instrumental in establishing DTB Deutsche Terminbrse, and in founding and establishing the international joint venture Eurex.