Birgit Rodolphe

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Curriculum Vitae (tabular)

1965

Born in Wiesbaden, Hesse

1984 to 1986

Dresdner Bank AG, Wiesbaden
Banking apprenticeship (1986: qualification as bank officer (Bankkauffrau)

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management
Degree in bank business administration (Dipl.-Bankbetriebswirtin)

1987 to 1988

Dresdner Bank AG in Wiesbaden
Loan officer

1989 to 1990

Deutsch-Südamerikanische Bank AG, Hamburg and Miami
Trainee Corporates International

1990 to 1992

Deutsch-Südamerikanische Bank AG, Panama
Relationship Manager Corporates

1993 to 1995

Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Correspondent Banker, Latin America

1996 to 2000

Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Team Leader and Senior Credit Risk Analyst, Group Credit Risk Management

2001 to 2002

Dt. Hypothekenbank AG, Frankfurt
Personal Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer

2002 to 2003

Eurohypo AG, New York
ManagerHead of Operations, setting up back office structures

2003 to 2005

Dresdner Bank AG, New York
Exit Manager, Institutional Restructuring Unit

2005 to 2009

Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Frankfurt am Main
Group Leader Debt Principal Finance & Securitization

2009 to 2013

Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Group Risk Management Intensive Care Corporates
Department Head Western European Corporate Clients

2013 to 2018

Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Group Risk Management Intensive Care Corporates
Divisional Head Corporate Clients/Small Caps

2019 to October 2021

Commerzbank AG, Frankfurt am Main
Corporate Clients
Divisional Board Member Non-Financial Risk/Global Chief Remediation Officer

Since November 2021

Chief Executive Director of Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht)

Committee Memberships:

Board Member of the Single Resolution Board (SRB)

Resolution Committee of theEuropean Banking Authority (EBA)

Resolution Committee of the Resolution Steering Group des Financial Stability Board (FSB)

Board Member of the Anti Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA)

Consulting Member of the Financial Stability Committee (AFS)

Curriculum Vitae (full-text)

Birgit Rodolphe, born in Wiesbaden in 1965, has been Chief Executive Director of Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) since November 2021. Before joining BaFin, she held various positions at Commerzbank AG, most recently serving as Divisional Board Member for Non-Financial Risk / Global Chief Remediation Officer between 2019 and 2021.

Rodolphe began her professional career in 1984 at Dresdner Bank AG, where she worked as a loan officer until 1988. Following this, she worked for Deutsch-Südamerikanische Bank AG in Hamburg and Panama. Between 1993 and 2002, she held various positions at Dresdner Bank AG in international and lending business. She then assumed managerial roles at Eurohypo AG and at Dresdner Bank AG in New York (2002-2005), and at the investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Benson (2005-2009). In 2009, Rodolphe joined Commerzbank AG, where in Group Risk Management she served as Divisional Head Corporate Clients Restructuring.

As Chief Executive Director for Resolution and Prevention of Money Laundering, Birgit Rodolphe represents BaFin in the Plenary Session of the Single Resolution Board (SRB), in the Resolution Committee of the European Banking Authority (EBA), in the Resolution Steering Group of the Financial Stability Board (FSB) and in the Anti Financial Crime Alliance (AFCA). She is also a Consulting Member of the Financial Stability Committee (FSC).

Rodolphe is qualified as a bank officer (Bankkauffrau) and holds a degree in bank business administration (BA).