Speaker

Dr. Jörg Kukies

State Secretary, Federal Chancellery

Dr. Jörg Kukies is the state secretary for economic, financial, and European affairs at the Federal Chancellery since December 2021. Prior to his role at the Federal Chancellery he was active as the state secretary for financial market policy and European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2018 to 2021. Before that, he was Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany/Austria and managing director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International from 2014 to 2018. He has previously held positions in the product development team of Goldman Sachs International in London, in the equities division for Germany and Austria in Frankfurt, and served as head of equity derivatives for Europe, the Middle East and Africa from 2011 to 2014. Dr. Kukies studied economic sciences at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris. He has a master in public administration from John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and a PhD in finance from the University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business.