Dr. Christian Diekmann, CFO
Dr. Christian Diekmann, born 1965, has been CFO of comdirect Bank AG since 1 May 2009. In addition to Finance, Controlling & Risk Management, Diekmann is responsible for Internal Audit, Legal Services & Compliance, Institutional Business and the business-to-business activities of European Bank for Fund Services GmbH (ebase). Diekmann is also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of European Bank for Fund Services GmbH (ebase) and Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Numeracy Foundation (Stiftung Rechnen).
After training as a bank clerk, Diekmann studied business administration at the Universities of Cologne and Rotterdam before obtaining his doctorate at the University of Halle-Wittenberg. He joined management consultants McKinsey & Company in 1996, where as Project Manager he advised banks on matters relating to retail banking, private banking and process management and commercial enterprises on process and cost management. In 2000 Diekmann moved to the private banking group Sal. Oppenheim as Head of Oppenheim Investor and set up the private equity company Argantis, becoming its Investment Director in 2004. Diekmann was appointed as an executive manager of comdirect bank AG at the end of 2008.
