Dr. Matthias Liermann

Matthias Liermann is Head of DWS EMEA and Country Officer Germany DWS.

He got elected as President of the German fund association BVI in September 2024.

Matthias is also Global Head of DWS Control Office where he oversees all first line controls and the Enterprise Process Management process. Previously he was the Global Head of Product Management for liquid products in DWS Group.

Matthias was an Associate at Freshfields, Bruckhaus & Deringer in Frankfurt between April 2000 and July 2003. In 2003, Matthias continued his career as the Head of the Legal Department for Private Investor Products at ABN Amro covering both Frankfurt and London. Afterwards Matthias was Head of Legal Structuring Structured Products at DWS Group in Frankfurt between January 2006 and November 2009. Before becoming Global Head of Product Management Matthias was Global Head of Fund Platforms db-X in the Global Markets division of Deutsche Bank AG London from November 2009 to June 2011.

Matthias is a German qualified lawyer and received his PhD in Law from the University of Muenster in 2001