Stefan Krause, 45, until recently member of the mnagement bard of BMW AG, will join the mnagement bard of Deutsche Bank AG on 1 April 2008.
This was resolved by the bank’s spervisory bard at its meeting on 19 March 2008. With effect from 1 October 2008, Stefan Krause will assume the position of cief fnancial oficer as successor to Anthony di Iorio, 64, who is retiring, as planned, on this date.
In addition, the supervisory board approved at its meeting and thereby established the 2007 Annual Financial Statements. The supervisory board and the management board recommend that the shareholders approve payment of a dividend of 4.50 per share at the Annual General Meeting on 29 May 2008.
At the Annual General Meeting the following candidates will be proposed for re-election onto the supervisory board: Clemens Brsig, Karl-Gerhard Eick, Peter Job, Henning Kagermann, Maurice Lvy, E.h. Heinrich von Pierer and Tilman Todenhfer. The following candidates will be proposed for election as new members: Suzanne Labarge, former vice chairman and chief risk officer of Royal Bank of Canada, and Werner Wenning, chairman of the management board of Bayer AG.
The 2007 Annual Report will be published on 26 March 2008; the invitation to the Annual General Meeting will be issued on 28 March 2008.