Corporate governance
AKA was founded in 1952 as a centre of competence for German banks. The goal was to develop new ways of financing international export transactions. Today AKA has an outstanding network across Europe and supports its shareholders and stakeholders with 70 years of experience in export and trade finance. It is currently working as an experienced partner by the side of 17 shareholder banks. In addition to the shareholders, the governance bodies play a key role in AKA’s corporate structures: Supervisory Board, Risk Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Control Committee.
Specialists with decades of experience
All advantages for AKA shareholder banks at a glance
AKA sees itself as a supplementary structuring and financing supporter to back up its shareholder banks’ operating infrastructure. It is committed to strengthening its shareholders’ capabilities on a sustained basis. The principle of integrity and collaboration based on a spirit of mutual trust is a crucial determinant for the success of its business model. Consequently, AKA does not compete with its shareholder banks.
In addition to the advantages of working together with AKA described here, shareholders enjoy the following exclusive privileges:
- Working on behalf of its shareholder banks, AKA is enhancing the range of services for Small Ticket buyer credits between EUR 1 million and EUR 10 million. These products are expressly only available to the shareholder banks’ customers.
- Performance of agency functions for ECA-covered buyer credits exclusively for shareholders and syndicates in which the shareholders participate along with access to all updated data relevant for the business relationship via our online B2B portal – free of charge
- Undisclosed sub participations are also assumed in structured finance and syndicated trade loans.
Many of the shareholder banks have been working with AKA very successfully since 1952. The close relations, integrity and cooperation based on a spirit of mutual trust form AKA’s key foundations.
AKA management
Dr. Nadja Marschhausen
Chief Market Officer
Origination, Portfolio Management and Treasury
+49 69 29891-106
nadja.marschhausen@akabank.de
Marck Wengrzik
Chief Executive Officer
Strategy and Development
+49 69 29891-111
marck.wengrzik@akabank.de
Frank Zimmermann
Chief Risk Officer
Finance, Risk and Governance
+49 69 29891-101
frank.zimmermann@akabank.de
Organisational chart
The Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board advises and monitors AKA’s management. In accordance with articles of incorporation, it has ten members who representative the shareholders.
Ordinary members
Daniel Schmand
– Chairman –
Member of the Corporate Bank ExCo
Deutsche Bank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Thomas Lingemann
– 1st Deputy Chairman –
Managing Director
Commerzbank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Thomas Dusch
– 2nd Deputy Chairman –
Senior Vice President
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Munich
Jan-Peter Müller
– 3rd Deputy Chairman –
Division Manager Energy and Mobility
Bayerische Landesbank
Munich
Michael Maurer
Managing Director
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart
Michiel de Vries
Managing Director
ING-DiBa AG
Frankfurt/Main
Gottfried Finken
Division Manager Structured Finance
DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschaftsbank
Frankfurt/Main
Jens Thiele
Managing Director
Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
Hamburg
Georg Hansjürgens
Member of the Executive Board
Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co. KG
Bad Homburg v. d. H.
Björn Mollner
Head of Structured Trade & Export Finance
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Frankfurt/Main
Permanent representatives
Sandra Primero
Managing Director / Head Risk and Portfolio Management
Deutsche Bank AG
Berlin
Dr. Hanna Lehmann
Head of Transaction Management Specialised Lending
Commerzbank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Inés Lüdke
Managing Director
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Munich
Matthias Öffner
Chapter Lead Trade & Export Finance
Bayerische Landesbank
Munich
Deputy members
Nanette Bubik
Managing Director
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg
Stuttgart
Bartholomeus Ponsioen
Managing Director
ING-DiBa AG
Frankfurt/Main
Ralph Lerch
Director
DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral-Genossenschaftsbank
Frankfurt/Main
Jan Lührs-Behnke
Division Manager Finance & Banksteering
Hamburg Commercial Bank AG
Hamburg
Michael Sobl
Global Head of Export Finance
Deutsche Sparkassen Leasing AG & Co. KG,
Bad Homburg v. d. H.
Heinz Boiger
Director Structured Trade & Export Finance
Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Frankfurt/Main
Committees
The Supervisory Board is supported by committees to enhance the efficiency of its activities.
Risk Committee
Thomas Lingemann
– Chairman –
Managing Director
Commerzbank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Daniel Schmand
– 1st Deputy Chairman –
Member of the Corporate Bank ExCo
Deutsche Bank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Thomas Dusch
– 2nd Deputy Chairman –
Senior Vice President
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Munich
Jan-Peter Müller
– 3rd Deputy Chairman –
Division Manager Energy and Mobility
Bayerische Landesbank
Munich
Michael Maurer
Managing Director
Landesbank Baden-Württemberg,
Stuttgart
Gottfried Finken
Division Manager Structured Finance
DZ Bank AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschaftsbank
Frankfurt/Main
Nomination Committee and Remuneration Control Committee
Daniel Schmand
– Chairman –
Member of the Corporate Bank ExCo
Deutsche Bank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Thomas Lingemann
– 1st Deputy Chairman –
Managing Director
Commerzbank AG
Frankfurt/Main
Thomas Dusch
– 2nd Deputy Chairman –
Senior Vice President
UniCredit Bank GmbH
Munich
Jan-Peter Müller
– 3rd Deputy Chairman –
Division Manager Energy and Mobility
Bayerische Landesbank
Munich
