Dr. Stephan Leithner has been appointed as Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse Group in the beginning of July 2018. He is responsible for the Group’s post-trading business (Clearstream), and pre-trading (ISS, Qontigo) businesses. Stephan Leithner served as a Partner of the leading alternative investments firm EQT since 2016. Previously, he acted as a Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG from 2012 until 2015, where he had held a number of leadership positions in Global Banking since the year 2000. Further work stations include McKinsey & Company as well as the Swiss Institute for Banking and Finance in St. Gallen, Switzerland. He has a PhD in Finance and a Master in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen.