Mr Caio Koch-Weser is Vice Chairman of Deutsche Bank Group (since 2006) with global responsibilities for strategy; government, regulatory and corporate advisory; and co-ordination and implementation of group-wide business initiatives.

He was appointed as German Deputy Minister of Finance in 1999 and held the position until November 2005. He was also Chairman of the Supervisory Board of German Banking and Securities Supervisory Agency (BaFin).

From 1973 until 1999, Mr Koch-Weser held a number of high-level positions in the World Bank in Washington, notably as Division Chief for the China Program (1980-86), Director for West Africa (1986-1990), Deputy Treasurer and Director Treasury Operations (1990-91), Regional Vice President for Middle East and North Africa (1991-95), and Managing Director Operations and Member of the Executive Committee (1996-1999).

Other current activities include Board memberships of BG Group as Non-Executive Director, Peterson Institute (PIIE), European Climate Foundation (ECF), The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and Centre for European Reform (CER). He is also Adjunct Professor at the Guanghua School of Management at Beijing University.