Dr. Paul Achleitner

Dr. Paul Achleitner, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz SE in Munichspoke in his presentation "Capital market and entrepreneurship" about the possibilities and opportunities that arise from successful entrepreneurship in the capital market.

Paul Achleitner studied at the University of St. Gallen and Harvard Business School. In 1984, he began his professional career at the management consultancy Bain & Co, from where he moved to the investment bank Goldman Sachs & Co in 1988. After several positions in New York and London, he was Goldman Sachs Resident Partner in Frankfurt from 1994 to 1999. In 2000, he was appointed to the Board of Management of Allianz SE, where he is responsible for Group Finance. Paul Achleitner is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Bayer and RWE and a member of various committees (e.g. Takeover Advisory Board, Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code, Stock Exchange Expert Commission). He is also an honorary professor of finance at WHU Koblenz and a member of the board of the WHU Foundation.

The Allianz Group is one of the leading international financial services providers with numerous offerings in the areas of insurance, banking and asset management. Around 181,000 employees serve more than 80 million Allianz customers in over 70 countries. In the 2007 financial year, the Allianz Group achieved total sales of around 102 billion euros. Allianz is one of the largest asset managers in the world and manages investments worth 765 billion euros for its customers. Since 2006, the holding company of the Allianz Group has been the first DAX and first DJ-EURO-STOXX-50 company to have the legal form of a European Company (Societas Europaea) and operates under the name Allianz SE.

The Allianz Group's guiding principle is to sustainably increase value and competitiveness. Entrepreneurs within the company are a fundamental prerequisite for this. Dr. Paul Achleitner will present the special features of the capital market and highlight the commitment required from employees in relation to successful entrepreneurship.

Status: Beginning of 2009