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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 20 2021

HSBC’s 10th Annual Financial Institutions Conference: Female Leaders in Finance

Public engagements
May 6 2021

DIW Women's Finance Summit 2021

Public engagements
Apr 14 - 16 2021

Eurofi April 2021

Public engagements
Mar 25 2021

Bruegel event  on the state of policy debate in the EU crisis management and deposit insurance framework

Public engagements
Mar 23 2021

ECON Public hearing

Public engagements
Mar 18 2021

High-level conference - Strengthening the EU’s bank crisis management and deposit insurance framework: for a more resilient and efficient banking union

Public engagements