- FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank supervisory board member Marlehn Thieme said the issue of deciding a successor to Chief Executive Josef Ackermann has not yet been finalized.
“As long as there is no proposal, there is no declsion,” Thieme said, saying she was not aware of any formal preselection or preliminary decision to find a successor to Ackermann, whose contract runs until 2013.
Thieme represents “leading employees” in Germany on the 20-member supervisory board that has to formally approve the appointment of a new Chief Executive.
Employee representatives have encouraged Ackermann to make himself available as a candidate for the supervisory board, she said, adding that he had not signalled an aversion to the idea.
A regular supervisory board meeting is scheduled for July 26, she added.
German press agency DPA first reported that Thieme was not aware of a decision in the succession issue.