Hermann-Josef Lamberti was appointed a member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG in October 1999. He is also a member of Deutsche Bank’s Group Executive Committee. As Chief Operating Officer he has global responsibility for Human Resources, Information Technology, Operations (excluding Securities Settlement according to MaRisk), Cost and Infrastructure Management, Building and Facilities Management as well as Purchasing. He joined Deutsche Bank in 1998 as an Executive Vice President, based in Frankfurt.