Robert M. Stein

Robert M. Stein (born June 8, 1961 in San Francisco , California ) was a board member of the Westdeutsche Landesbank WestLB until 2007 .

Professional career

Robert M. Stein received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in philosophy from Dartmouth College , Hanover, New Hampshire in 1983 and was accepted into the Phi Beta Kappa academic alumni community . He later received an honorary bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Dartmouth College. In 1984 he worked for the New York bank Lazard Frères in the field of government advice. In 1985, he made at University College of the University of Oxford to the Master's degree in the subject International Development Economics . Between 1985 and 1995, he was promoted to head of the Hong Kong- based Asian Debt and Equity Markets division at investment bank Merrill Lynch .

He then went to Deutsche Bank , where he held various management positions in the Asia-Pacific business from 1995 to 2002 , most recently as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for the Asian private clients division and their private asset management. From 2003 to June 2004 he was CEO and Chairman of Adelphi Capital Partners , a private equity and investment advisory firm , and several other companies. During this time, he was among other things, from July 2000 onwards one of the directors in the stock exchange of Singapore (Singapore Stock Exchange), and a member of government advisory body Singapore Government's Economic Review Committee and head of the working group financial services .

In July 2004 he became a board member of WestLB AG. There he was responsible for the areas of Group Treasury (management of the Group's financial resources), Global Asset Management (worldwide asset management), Investment Management (investment management), and together with Werner Taiber for Global Markets (worldwide markets ), Business Management (financial management), Corporate Finance and Global Origination (worldwide creation of deals, acquisitions and financial products, i.e. exploring, developing and putting them into practice).

Stein, like other board members, was criticized in connection with WestLB's failed speculations with Volkswagen AG shares.

He left WestLB on July 31, 2007.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 18, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
2. ↑ Source: WestLB Group structure for the Executive Board Responsibilities ( PDF ( Memento of the original on 27 September 2007 at the Internet Archive ) Info: . The archive link is automatically inserted and not yet tested Please review the original and archive link according to instructions and then remove this notice. ) 
3. ↑ Source: Handelsblatt , April 25, 2007 [1]  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; Financial Times Deutschland dated April 5, 2007 Archived copy ( memento of the original dated May 10, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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.   
4. ↑ Source: WestLB press release ( Memento of the original dated July 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , July 10, 2007