April 04, 2011
Wilhelm Nüse, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Forum, passed away
● Sascha Klaus to become Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Forum
Wilhelm Nüse, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Forum and Vice Chairman of Commerzbank's Central & Eastern Europe Holding died suddenly and unexpectedly on March 31, 2011 at the age of 58. "We have lost a very respected colleague who was highly committed to Commerzbank for over 25 years", said Achim Kassow, who is responsible for the Central & Eastern Europe segment within the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank. "Our thoughts are with his family in these sad hours." Sascha Klaus, member of the Supervisory Board of Bank Forum and responsible for risk management in the Central & Eastern Europe Holding is the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank's Ukrainian subsidiary. The succession is to be approved by the Annual General Meeting of Bank Forum on April 26, 2011.
Wilhelm Nüse headed the Commerzbank branch in Moscow between 1987 and 1991. He was subsequently responsible for Commerzbank's business in Central and Eastern Europe and Western Asia and among others initiated the investment of Commerzbank into BRE Bank in Poland. Mr Nüse became a Regional Board Member for Central and Eastern Europe in 2005 and a member of the Board of Commerzbank's Central & Eastern Europe Holding and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Bank Forum in 2008.
Sascha Klaus, aged 40, moved from Deutsche Bank to risk management at Dresdner Kleinwort in New York in 2000, before returning to Dresdner Bank¿s head office in 2008. He has been responsible for risk management on the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank's Central & Eastern Europe Holding since the beginning of 2010.
Commerzbank currently holds a 94.5 % stake in Bank Forum.
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