Frankfurt-based Deutsche Börse has restructured its executive board, ahead of the forthcoming retirement of Andreas Preuss and Jeffrey Tessler.
From 1 July 2018, Thomas Book will, in his role as a member of the executive board, be responsible for the trading and clearing business. This will include trading all asset classes with the exception of the cash market.
He currently serves as CEO of Eurex Frankfurt and CEO of Eurex Zürich.
Hauke Stars will continue to hold responsibility for the cash market. Stars will additionally assume the role of director of labour relations from mid-May with the introduction of parity co-determination.
Stephan Leithner will be appointed as a member of the executive board on 1 July this year, with responsibility for the post-trade business at Clearstream, together with the data and index business.
Leither currently serves as a partner of private equity investor, EQT.
Christoph Böhm will be appointed CIO and COO from 1 November this year. He currently serves as senior vice president, global cloud services at SAP, the Germany-based software firm.
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