Johannes Ringel (bank manager)

Johannes Ringel (born July 19, 1941 in Breslau ) was a German bank manager. From July 2 to December 31, 2003, he was CEO of WestLB AG .

Career

Ringel studied in Munich and Münster Economics and received his doctorate in 1969 at the Law and Political Science Faculty of the University of Muenster . His dissertation is entitled Monetary Theory Approaches in the Light of Modern Philosophy of Science.

Since its founding in 1969, Ringel has worked in various functions at WestLB (then still Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale). From 1987 to 2003 he was a member of the bank's board of directors . On July 2, 2003, he succeeded Jürgen Sengera, who had resigned due to the Boxclever scandal, as Chairman of the Board of Management of WestLB. When he was appointed at the age of almost 62, he was only considered a transition candidate while looking for a new long-term CEO. His successor was Thomas R. Fischer on January 1, 2004 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Börsen-Zeitung of July 16, 2011, page 16; See also Johannes Ringel 70. Retrieved September 16, 2012 . 
2. ↑ This faculty was dissolved in 1969. See Faculty of Law and Politics (1902–1969). (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on November 20, 2005 ; Retrieved September 16, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ DNB 482132000 Entry on the dissertation of Johannes Ringel at the DNB .
4. ↑ ^{a b} WestLB boss Ringel: Experienced banker from Neuber's school , karriere.de ( Memento from September 16, 2012 on WebCite )
5. ↑ WestLB boss Jürgen Sengera resigns , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 24, 2003, page 9. ( Memento from September 15, 2012 on WebCite )