Programme
Opening Conference
of the 29th EURO FINANCE WEEK
Steigenberger Icon Frankfurt Hof
Monday, 16 November 2026
Conference language: German and English with simultaneous translation
08:00 REGISTRATION & COFFEE
09:00 WELCOME & OPENING
Andreas G. Scholz
CEO, dfv Euro Finance Group
Meike Buchholz
Managing Director, dfv Euro Finance Group
WELCOME KEYNOTE
Boris Rhein
Minister President of the State of Hessen
OPENING ADDRESS
Boris Vujčić*
Vice-President, European Central Bank
KEYNOTE (tbh in German)
Dr. Cornelius Riese
CEO, DZ BANK
OPENING TALKS (tbh in German)
Sven Hauke
Head of Financial Services, PwC Germany
in conversation with
Lutz Diederichs
CEO, BNP Paribas Deutschland
Sven Hauke
Head of Financial Services, PwC Germany
in conversation with
Thomas Groß
CEO, Helaba Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen
11:00 KAFFEEPAUSE/COFFEE BREAK
11:30 CEO TALK (tbh in German)
Andreas G. Scholz
CEO, dfv Euro Finance Group
in conversation with
Dr. Bettina Orlopp
CEO, Commerzbank
TECH AND INNOVATION TALKS
Joachim von Puttkamer
Head of Financial Services Germany, Capgemini
in conversation with
Dr. Sven Deglow
CEO, DKB
and
Christoph Winter
GTM Leader, EMEA Central, Open AI
tbh in German
Joachim von Puttkamer
Head of Financial Services Germany, Capgemini
in conversation with
Charith Mendis
Head of Worldwide Banking, AWS
Joachim von Puttkamer
Head of Financial Services Germany, Capgemini
in conversation with
Dr. Michael Schleef
CEO, HSBC Deutschland
tbh in German
13:00 MITTAGSPAUSE / LUNCH BREAK
14:15 BUILDING GERMANY’S FINANCIAL FUTURE: CAPITAL MARKETS, INNOVATION AND RETIREMENT SECURITY (tbh in German)
Eddy Henning
Member of the Board, ING Deutschland
Christian Lindner
Former German Federal Minister of Finance
Dr. Matthias Voelkel
CEO, Boerse Stuttgart Group
MODERATION
Annette Weisbach
Correspondent, CNBC
15:00 KEYNOTE: AMLA IN FRANKFURT – A ONE-YEAR REVIEW
Bruna Szego
Chairwoman, AMLA
15:15 IMPROVNG EUROPE’S COMPETITIVENESS
Dr. Andreas Dombret
Chair of the Supervisory Board, N26 Group
MODERATION
Daniel Schäfer
Head of Financial Services in Europe, FGS Global
ONE-ON-ONE SESSIONS
› CAPTURING OPPORTUNITY: SCALING ACROSS BORDERS AND GERMANY’S RETIREMENT REFORM
Francesca McDonagh
Group CEO, Universal Investment
› BREXIT 10 YEARS LATER: THE EU, FINANCE, AND FRANKFURT'S OPPORTUNITY
Tobias Vogel
Chairman, Association of International Banks in Germany
CEO, UBS Europe
› UNLOCKING GROWTH IN GERMANY: A STRATEGY AND TRANSFORMATION STORY
Isabelle Chevelard
CEO, TARGOBANK
MODERATION
Annette Weisbach
Correspondent, CNBC
EUROPEAN BANKER TALK
Annette Weisbach
Correspondent, CNBC
in conversation with
Nikolay Storonsky*
Co-Founder and CEO, Revolut
European Banker of the Year 2025
17:15 END OF CONFERENCE
18:00 AWARD CEREMONY EUROPEAN BANKER OF THE YEAR 2025 - CITY HALL OF FRANKFURTBY INVITATION ONLY
Konferenzsprache / conference language: German and English with simultaneous translation
*requested marked with * / Status 17 September 2026