Mr. Walter has served as an Independent Non-executive Director of the Bank since March 2024. He previously served as Chairman of the Board of Dresdner Bank AG, a member of the Holding Board of Allianz SE, a member of the Group Executive Committee and the Global Head of Retail, Private and Commercial Banking of Deutsche Bank. He previously served as Chairman of the German Financial Market Stabilisation Authority (FMSA), and served as Chairman of the German National Resolution Authority (NRA) and as a Plenary Member of the European Single Resolution Board (SRB). He previously served as an Independent Non-executive member of the Supervisory Boards of financial institutions and other companies, including Banco Português de Investimento (BPI), S.A. (Porto), and DEPFA Bank plc (Dublin), ERGO Insurance Group AG, Deutsche Börse Group AG, E.ON Ruhrgas AG and Lufthansa Group AG. He was Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Law and Finance at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main and the Karajan Academy of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and a member of the Advisory Boards of Amundi Asset Management Group (Germany), Consileon Consultancy Group and Scope European Ratings Group. He is currently an Independent Non-executive member of the Supervisory Board of AKBANK AG. He obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich and holds a Doctorate in Political Science.