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Diethart Breipohl

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Diethart Breipohl
Born (1939-08-23) August 23, 1939 (age 85)
Königsberg, East Prussia
NationalityGerman
OccupationBanker

Diethart Breipohl (born 23 August 1939 at Königsberg, East Prussia[1][2]) is a German banker.[3][4]

Education

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Breipohl studied Business Administration and Law at the Universities of Hamburg, Münster and Tübingen, and is a Doctor of Law.[1] He completed a bank apprenticeship at Bankhaus Hermann Lampe KG.[1] He also took the "1st and 2nd state examination in law".[1]

Career

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After completing his studies, he worked at Compagnie du Soleil, a French insurance company, as well as for the private bank Varin-Bernier.[1]

Since 1970, he served as a Member of the Management Board of Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG, Stuttgart. Since 1985, he served as Deputy Member of the Board of Management of Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich and is responsible for Asset Management since 1986. Since 1990 he was responsible for Human Resources of Allianz Versicherungs-AG, Munich. From 1991 to 1999, he was responsible for Group Finance as Member of the Board of Management of Allianz AG. He has been a Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz AG (Munich) since 2000, and a Member of the Supervisory Board of Allianz AG (Germany), since April 17, 2002.[1][verification needed]

On 31 December 1999, Breipohl, then the board member responsible for finance at Allianz AG, retired at his own request.[5] His area of responsibility was divided into two posts: one of "Finance" (a traditional chief financial officer position, held by Paul Achleitner), and one of "Asset Management and Other Financial Services" (which deals with third-party asset-management for private clients, held by Joachim Faber).[5][6] He had been part of the financial department of Allianz AG from 1991 to 1999,[1] and was the chief financial officer there as of 1999.[7]

Breipohl has been a Director of a large number of European companies. As Head of Group Finance at Allianz, Breipohl was designated by Euromoney as "Europe's biggest investor".[4][dead link] He is an International Advisor of Goldman Sachs.[3][dead link][8]

On 29 June 2003, the Società Metallurgica Italiana[which?] announced that Breipohl was the new chairman of the supervisory board of KME AG[which?] (a German industrial company wholly owned by GIM-SMI[which?], an Italian group).[9]

At the end of the Annual General Meeting of Atos Origin on 12 June 2008 (an event held in Paris), Breipohl tendered his resignation, as in accordance with an agreement signed with Centaurus Capital and Pardus Capital Management[which?] on 28 May 2008.[10] In June 2008, Breipohl resigned from the Supervisory Board of Atos Origin.[11]

Personal life

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Breipohl is married.[1][to whom?]

Misc

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An organization named the "Dr. Diethart Breipohl Asset Club", named after him, was founded in Munich on 2 December 1999.[12][relevant?]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Allianz Group (2003). "Einladung zur Hauptversammlung der Allianz AG am 29. April 2003" (PDF). www.allianz.com (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Diethart Breipohl 75 | Börsen-Zeitung". www.boersen-zeitung.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  3. ^ a b "Óscar Fanjul Martín". Businessweek. Retrieved October 5, 2013.[dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Meet Europe's biggest investor: Diethart Breipoh, Allianz". Euromoney. January 1997. Retrieved October 5, 2013. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Annual Report 1999" (PDF). www.allianz.com. 2000. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-09-20. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ Fuhrmans, Vanessa (16 September 1999). "Allianz Names Achleitner As New Finance Chief". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Merger of Veba and Viag Expected Today". The New York Times. 27 September 1999. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Advisors, Directors, and Offices" (PDF). www.goldmansachs.com. 2005. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2007-01-24. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  9. ^ "KME – Rinnovo vertici" (PDF). www.itkgroup.it (in Italian). 29 June 2003. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-07-09. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ^ ""Annual General Meeting"". Atos. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2021-07-02.
  11. ^ "Management Board's Report to the Ordinary and Extraordinary General Meeting of 10th February 2009" (PDF). atos.net. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2013-10-23. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Über den Dr. Diethart Breipohl Vermögens-Club". de.allianzgi.com. Retrieved 2021-07-02.