James Freis

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James H. Freis, Jr. (born October 27, 1970 in Aberdeen , Maryland ) is an American attorney and manager . He has been CEO of Wirecard AG since June 18, 2020 .

Career

Freis studied economics at Georgetown University in Washington from 1988 to 1992 . From 1992 to 1995 he studied at the Harvard University Law . His first professional position was from 1996 to 1999 at the New York branch of the Federal Reserve Bank , after which he moved from 1999 to 2005 to the Bank for International Settlements in Basel . From 2005 to 2012, Freis worked for the US Treasury for seven years , where he was responsible for measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. From 2014 to 2020 he was Managing Director, Group Chief Compliance Officer and Group Money Laundering Officer at Deutsche Börse AG .

Originally, Freis was to be appointed to the Board of Management for Legal and Compliance at Wirecard AG on July 1, 2020. Due to the accounting scandal , however, this appointment was made on June 18, 2020 and on June 19, 2020, after the resignation of the previous CEO Markus Braun , Freis was appointed interim CEO of Wirecard AG.

Private

Freis' family lives in the United States.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ James Freis: The new Wirecard CEO is facing a Herculean task. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b James H. Freis: Wirecard's new compliance board member must ensure order. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
  3. ↑ James H. Freis, Jr. CV on Wirecard company website. Wirecard, accessed on June 26, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Wirecard boss James Freis seeks help from US bank Houlihan Lokey. Retrieved June 26, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Daniel Mohr, Henning Peitsmeier: American Freis: Wirecard's only manager with credibility should now clean up . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed June 26, 2020]).
personal data
SURNAME Freis, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Freis, James H., Jr.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Aberdeen , Maryland , United States