Portrait

Dr. Hilmar Zettler

Professional Experience

2022 – present

Member of the Executive Board - Banking Supervision, Deposit Protection and Organisation, Managing Director of the Deposit Protection Fund of German Banks

2017 – present

Managing Director of the Entschädigungseinrichtung deutscher Banken GmbH (Compensation Scheme of German Private Banks)

2019 – 2022

Head of Deposit Protection and Financial Stability, Association of German Banks  
 

2014-2019

Director, Association of German Banks
 

2006-2014

Partner, GBDS Global Banking Development Solutions GbR

2003-2005

Head of Corporate Finance Consulting, Dr. Michael Taeger & Partner Top Management Consulting, Hannover

 

1998-2003

Senior Investment Manager, IMH Venture GmbH
 

Education

1998

Ph. D. in international financing and corporate taxation, University of Hamburg 

1995

Dipl.-Kfm. (equivalent to an M.A.) Business Management, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Memberships

  • International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI): Member of the Executive Council
  • European Banking Authority: Member of the Task Force on Deposit Guarantee Schemes (TFDGS)
  • GBB-Rating Gesellschaft für Bonitätsbeurteilung GmbH (GBB ratings society for creditworthiness): Member of the Supervisory Board
  • Greensill Bank AG (i.Ins.): Member of the Creditors’ Committee
  • Maple Bank GmbH (i.Ins.): Member of the Creditors’ Committee
  • ifo Institut: Member of the Board of Trustees
  • Institut für Bank und Finanzgeschichte (Institute for Banking and Financial History): Member of the Board of Trustees
  •  Verein für Socialpolitik (German Economic Association): Member 
  • Society of Friends at DIW Berlin: Member