Burkhard Eckes

Membership in Group Committees

• Audit Committee  – Vice Chairman
• Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee – Member

Other current posts

• Independent Non-Executive Director, Eurobank Holdings
• Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Committee, Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG, Frankfurt (since June 2023)
• Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee, Solaris SE, Berlin (since April 2023)
• Chair of the Supervisory Board, inexogy Energy Holding KGaA, Saarlouis (since April 2023)

Former career milestones

Mr Eckes served for more than 30 years at PwC as:

• Senior Advisor, PwC Germany and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) (2022 - 2023)
• Global Banking and Capital Markets (BCM) ESG Leader and member of the Global Financial Services (FS) ESG Leadership Team (2019 - 2022), responsible for BCM activities in ESG consulting globally
• EMEA BCM Leader and member of the EMEA FS Leadership Team (2017 - 2022), responsible for consulting and assurance services especially regarding banking strategies, business models, supervisory and regulatory requirements and practices, risk management
• Member of the Global BCM Leadership Team (2009 - 2022)
• German BCM Leader and member of the German FS Leadership Team (2009 - 2018), responsible for consulting and assurance services including statutory audits of large German banks
• Chair of the Global Banking International Accounting Group (2002 - 2023)
• Partner (1996 - 2022)

Other milestones in Mr Eckes’ career include:

• Chair of the Banks Working Party of Accountancy Europe (former FEE - Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens) (2015 - 2022)
• Chair of the Banking Committee (Bankenfachausschuss – BFA) of the German Institute of Public Auditors (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer - IDW) (2017 - 2022) and member of the BFA (2008 - 2022)
• Member of the European Parlamentary Financial Services Forum - EPFSF (2012 - 2023)
• Member of the Steering Committee Sustainability of IDW (2020 - 2022)

Research

Publication of articles and co-author of books about accounting, audit, regulatory and banking industry related topics

Member of the Technical Advisory Board of the bi-weekly magazine „Die Wirtschaftsprüfung“ (The Audit) (2020 - 2023)

Education

Certified Public Auditor (German Wirtschaftsprüfer) (1996)

MBA, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (1986)

Place of birth

Germany