Stephan Leithner is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Clearstream.
He has been appointed as Member of the Executive Board of Deutsche Börse Group at the beginning of July 2018. He is responsible for the Group’s post-trading business (Clearstream), together with the index and analytics business (Qontigo), as well as the Group’s data business.
Stephan Leithner served as a Partner of the leading alternative investments firm EQT since 2016. Previously, he acted as a Member of the Management Board of Deutsche Bank AG from 2012 until 2015, where he had held a number of leadership positions in Global Banking since 2000. Further work stations include McKinsey & Company as well as the Swiss Institute for Banking and Finance in St. Gallen, Switzerland. Stephan Leithner also holds a seat on the board of directors of Digital Asset Holding.


He has a PhD in Finance and a Master in Business Administration from University of St. Gallen.