Financing Growth & Infrastructure Leadership

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Oliver Bäte is Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE.

He started his career with McKinsey & Company in New York. Later, he moved to their offices in Germany. In 1998, he took over McKinsey’s German insurance practice. In 2003, he became Director in charge of the firm’s European insurance and asset management sector. 

Oliver joined the Board of Management of Allianz SE in 2008 as global Chief Operating Officer. In September 2009, he took over the Chief Financial Officer position.
Effective January 2013 he became responsible for Insurance Western & Southern Europe and Global P&C markets.
On May 6^th 2015 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management.

Oliver Bäte studied business administration at University of Cologne and holds a MBA from the NYU, Leonard Stern School of Business. Oliver is Assistant Professor at University of Cologne, for Insurance and Capital Markets.

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John Cryan is Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank. He served as Co-Chief Executive Officer jointly with Jürgen Fitschen from 1 July 2015 to 19 May 2016.

Mr. Cryan became a member of Deutsche Bank’s Supervisory Board in 2013 and served as Chairman of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Risk Committee. He stepped down from the Supervisory Board upon becoming Co-Chief Executive Officer.

Mr. Cryan was President for Europe at Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd., the Singaporean government-owned investment company, from 2012 to 2014. Previously, he was Group Chief Financial Officer of UBS AG from 2008 to 2011, having worked in numerous corporate finance and client advisory roles at UBS and SG Warburg in London, Munich and Zurich from 1987.

He began his career as a trainee chartered accountant at Arthur Andersen in London. He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.

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John WH Denton AO is a Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, the leading Australian independent law firm.

A legal expert in the areas of government, international trade and investment and labour relations.  He is also a national business leader and an international adviser on global policy.  

In June 2016, John was named as the First Vice-Chairman of the Paris based International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). The appointment is the first time that an Australian has held such a position.

John is Co-Chair of the B20 “Financing Growth and Infrastructure” Taskforce, Chair of the BCA’s Global Engagement Task Force; member of the BCA’s Business Reputation Workgroup; board member of Asialink; board member of Teach for Australia; Chairman (emeritus) of the Experts Group on Trade and Investment in Indonesia and a founding member of the Australia China CEO Roundtable meetings.

He is one of two originating members of the B20, the business reference group of the G20 and is a Member of the Australian B20 Leadership Group. He was also a member of the Australian Government advisory panel overseeing the development of the ‘Au stralia in the Asian Century’ White Paper.

A former diplomat, John was a Panel Member of the Independent Review of Aid Effectiveness and has been Chairman of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Australia for more than a decade.

In 2015 John was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia for his services to the business community, the arts and the rights of refugees.

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José M. González-Páramo is Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.A. in Economics from Columbia University. He also holds a Ph.D. from Universidad Complutense. In 1988 he was appointed Professor of Economics at UCM and from September 2012 he is a Professor at IESE Business School.

From 1985 to 1994 he was an economic adviser to various public and private institutions including the Banco de España (1989-1994), the European Commission, the IMF and the World Bank Group. José M. served as a member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the Governing Council of Bank of Spain (1994-2004) and of its Executive Committee (1998-2004).

In June 2013 he was appointed Executive Board member of BBVA. Among other responsibilities in the group, he is the Chief Officer, Global Economics, Regulation & Public Affairs, and the Chairman of its International Advisory Board.

Since January 2015, he is the Europe chair of the TransAtlantic Business Dialogue (TABD), the official business advisory group to the European Commission and U.S. Administration.

A Fulbright scholar, he is a member of the European Academy of Arts and Sciences and Full Member of the Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas (Royal Academy of Moral and Political Sciences).

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Education

Jean Lemierre graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris) and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration. He also holds a degree in Law.

Career

Jean Lemierre has a Long and recognized career in international finance. In the 1980s he Held various Posts within the French Tax Administration, including Head of Tax Legislation and Director General of Taxes.

In May 1995, he was appointed Chief of Cabinet of the French Ministry of Economy and Finances and became Head of Treasury in October later that year.

Before being appointed at the healm of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in 2000, he was a member of the European Monetary Committee (1995-1998), President of the European Economic and Financial Committee (1999-2000) and Chairman of the Paris Club (1999-2000). He served as President of the European bank for Reconstruction and Development until 2008.

In 2009, Jean Lemierre became a member of the International Advisory Council of the China Investment Corporation (CIC) and the International Advisory Council of the China Development Bank (CDB).

He was a Senior Advisor to the Chairman of BNP Paribas between 1 September 2008 and 30 November 2014.

Today

On 1 December 2014, Jean Lemierre became Chairman of BNP Paribas. He is also Chairman of the main French Institute for Research into international economics (CEPII), a member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) and in May 2016, he was elected Member of the Board of Directors of TOTAL.

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Axel A. Weber was elected to the Board of Directors (BoD) of UBS AG at the 2012 AGM and of UBS Group AG in November 2014. He is Chairman of the BoD of both UBS AG and UBS Group AG. He has chaired the Governance and Nominating Committee since 2012 and became chairperson of the Corporate Culture and Responsibility Committee in 2013. He is chairman-elect of the Institute of International Finance and president of the International Monetary Conference, as well as a board member of the Swiss Bankers Association and a member of the Group of Thirty, among others.

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.

He was a member of the steering committees of the European Systemic Risk Board in 2011 and the Financial Stability Board from 2010 to 2011.

On leave from the University of Cologne from 2004 to 2012, he was a visiting professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2011 to 2012.

From 2002 to 2004, Mr. Weber served as a member of the German Council of Economic Experts. He was a professor of international economics and director of the Centre for Financial Research at the University of Cologne from 2001 to 2004, and a professor of monetary economics and director of the Center for Financial Studies at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main from 1998 to 2001. From 1994 to 1998, he was a professor of economic theory at the University of Bonn.

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 Konstanz and holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Duisburg-Essen and Konstanz.

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Mr. Ju Weimin is Executive Vice President of CIC. Prior to joining CIC, he was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of CITIC Limited.

He held several positions at CITIC, including Executive Director, Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of CITIC Group, Chairman of CITIC Resources Holdings Limited and CITIC Trust Co. Ltd. as well as board member of China CITIC Bank Corporation Ltd. and CITIC Securities.

Mr. Ju used to serve as Deputy Director-General and Director-General of CITIC Finance Department. Besides, he was Chairman of China Trustee Association as well. 
Mr. Ju was born in 1963 and holds a master's degree in economics from Renmin University of China.