Axel A. Weber

Axel A. Weber was elected to the Board of Directors (BoD) at the 2012 AGM and was thereafter appointed Chairman of the BoD. He chairs the Governance and Nominating Committee and became a member of the Corporate Responsibility Committee in 2012. Mr. Weber was president of the German Bundesbank between 2004 and 2011, during which time he also served as a member of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank, a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for International Settlements, German governor of the International Monetary Fund, and as a member of the G7 and G20 Ministers and Governors. Mr. Weber holds a PhD in economics from the University of Siegen, where he also received his habilitation. He graduated with a mas­ter’s degree in economics at the University of Constance. He was born on 8 March 1957 and is a German citizen.