ICMA announces new chair for German regional committee
12 November 2024 The International Capital Market Association (ICMA) is pleased to announce Ralph Ockert, Head of Syndicate, DZ BANK AG in Frankfurt am Main, as the new chair of the association’s German regional committee, which represents the interests of 40 ICMA member firms in Germany.
Ralph takes up the role of chair from Joachim Heppe, who has recently retired from Commerzbank AG. Jo, formerly Managing Director of Bond Origination – Dutch & Nordic Banks, was chair of the region from 2012.
Bryan Pascoe, ICMA Chief Executive, said "We look forward to working closely with Ralph, benefitting from his extensive experience in the markets, to ensure we continue to serve our German membership effectively. I would also like to extend my sincere thanks to Jo for his leadership and contribution over the years, and for cultivating such a close-knit community among the membership in Germany. I am pleased that Jo will remain an advisor to ICMA until our 2025 AGM and Conference in Frankfurt.”
Members of the ICMA German regional committee include:
Petra Wehlert (Vice chair)
KfW
Andreas Biewald
Commerzbank AG
Cristina Freudenberger
White & Case LLP
(ICMA Women’s Network Steering Committee Representative)
Frank Gast
Eurex Repo GmbH
Christian Georg-Müller
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
(ICMA Future Leaders representative)
Mirko Gerhold
Commerzbank AG
Detlef Giebe
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Florian Hessel
Morgan Stanley Europe SE
Julian Kleiner
UniCredit Bank AG
Maximilian Klinkenbusch
Commerzbank AG
(ICMA Future Leaders Committee representative)
Hendrik Kühne
Hessische Landesbank
Samira Lampe
Crédit Agricole CIB (Frankfurt)
(ICMA Future Leaders Committee representative)
Achim Linsenmaier
Deutsche Bank AG
Christian Lunz
Union Investment Privatfonds GmbH
Thorben Lüthge
DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale
Oliver Pilz
Hessische Landesbank
(ICMA Future Leaders Committee representative)
Patrick Seifert
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Vanessa Wiese
KfW
(ICMA Women’s Network Steering Committee Representative)
Siyar Yikmis
DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
(ICMA Future Leaders representative)
