Jens Thiele
Chief Commercial Officer | Managing Director Project Finance & Corporates | Financial market expert | Water sports enthusiast
Germany is more globally networked than almost any other economy. However, the right financing and the right financing instruments are crucial for doing business worldwide. We offer both.
Jens Thiele
Professional experience
Jens Thiele has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer 2025 and is a member of the Management Board, effective 1 October 2025. Following a transition period, Jens will also succeed Christopher Brody as Chief Investment Officer (CIO) on 1 January 2026 and will be responsible for the bank’s client business. As Managing Director for corporate clients in Germany and across Europe, he is responsible for project financing, payment transactions and trade finance. In his role, he successfully supports his clients in arranging tailor-made financing solutions. After starting at the bank in 2011, Jens quickly held management positions.
In 2020 he began building up the international business and started to set up a team that focuses on primary and secondary market transactions outside of Germany and expands the bank’s loan portfolio doing transactions in the areas of leveraged finance and specialty lending. In 2021, Jens took over the management of the corporate client business in Germany and the project finance business. He has been the bank’s Chief Representative since the end of 2022. Jens studied at the University of Hamburg and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration. Jens is a water sports enthusiast and enjoys spending his free time at the Baltic Sea.