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Elke König

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Position:
Former Chair
Organisation:
Single Resolution Board

Elke Koenig was Chair of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) from its establishment to January 2023. Prior to this, she was President of the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) from 2012 to 2015.

After obtaining a doctorate from the University of Cologne in Germany, she spent many years working for companies in the financial and insurance sector. From 1980 to 1990, she worked for KPMG auditing and advising on insurance undertakings. From 1990 to 2002, Dr. Koenig was a member of the senior management of the Munich Re Group as Head of Accounting and Controlling.

She then moved to Hannover Rückversicherung AG as Chief Financial Officer. From 2010 to the end of 2011, Dr. Koenig was a member of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in London. While president of BaFin, she was also a representative of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism.

Dr. Koenig is currently a Senior Policy Fellow of the Leibniz Institute for Financial Research SAFE and member of the CFA Institute Systemic Risk Council.

Former positions

  • Chair at Single Resolution Board

Events

May 21 2019

Annual Conference on the Banking Union in Cooperation with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Public engagements
Mar 22 2019

"The Journey Towards Making Banks Resolvable": Lecture at the Florence School of Banking

Public engagements
Mar 13 2019

Financial Stability Institute 20th Anniversary Conference

Public engagements
Mar 7 2019

Credit Suisse European Banks Conference

Public engagements
Feb 21 2019

Future of Finance Summit 2019

Public engagements
Jan 17 2019

Risk Management and Supervisory Conference

Public engagements