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Curriculum Vitae of Stefan Wintels

Date and place of birth: 17 November 1966 in Nordhorn, Germany

Marital status: married, four children

Educational background
1990 - 1994Degree in Business Administration, Technical University of Berlin, Germany
1992 - 1993Academic year at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA - Participation in the 2nd year of the MBA programme

Professional experience
1994 - 2001Deutsche Bank AG
1994 - 1996Employee in Department for Corporate Development, Frankfurt, Germany
1997 - 1998Deputy Head of London Office, Group Investments, London, UK
1998 - 2001Director and Europe Head, Department for Corporate Development, Managing Director since 1999, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 - 2021Citigroup
2001 - 2003Director, Financial Institutions Group, Frankfurt, Germany
2004 - 2008Managing Director and Head of Financial Institutions Group, Germany & Austria, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 - 2021Head (and for a time Co-Head) of Corporate & Investment Banking, Germany & Austria, Frankfurt, Germany
2008 - 2010Executive Board of Citigroup Global Markets Management AG, Frankfurt, Germany
2010 - 2013Executive Board of Citigroup Global Markets Germany AG (from 2018 "Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG"), Frankfurt, Germany
2010 - 2018Co-Head Financial Institutions Group, Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA), Frankfurt, Germany
2014 - 2020Head of German operations and Chief Executive Officer at Citigroup Global Markets Deutschland AG (since 2018 “Citigroup Global Markets Europe AG”), Frankfurt, Germany
2014 - 2020Member of the Management Board of Citibank North America (CNAF), Frankfurt
2020 - 2021Global (Co-)Head of Financial Institutions Group in the Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory division and Member of the Global Executive Committee in this division, Frankfurt, Germany
since 1 October 2021Co-CEO of KfW
from 1 November 2021CEO of KfW

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