Andreas Dombret
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Andreas Dombret

German-American banker

Andreas Raymond Dombret (born January 16, 1960, in the United States) is a German-American banker who served as member of the executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbank from 2010 until 2018. In that capacity, he held responsibility for Banking and Financial Supervision, Risk Controlling and the Bundesbank's Representative Offices abroad.2

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Born Jan 16, 1960.1

About

Earlier in his career, Dombret was the vice-chairman of Bank of America Global Investment Banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as head of the German, Austrian and Swiss branches. He holds dual German and American citizenship.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Münster3
  • Date not recordedUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg3

Dombret completed his MBA at Westfälische Wilhelms University Münster and earned his doctorate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, where he wrote his dissertation on Takeover Premiums in M&A Transactions. Dombret is honorary professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel where he currently acts as visiting lecturer for the MBA graduate program in the courses Investment Banking and Capital Markets.

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Career

Occupation: economist, university teacher, political economist, banker.5

Career in the private sector

Dombret began his career at the headquarters of Deutsche Bank. Prior to joining Bank of America, Dombret was a managing director and the co-head of Rothschild Germany. Prior to this, he spent 10 years with JP Morgan in London and in Frankfurt, and was a managing director in the Investment Banking Division covering German clients.

From 2005 to 2009, Dombret served as vice chairman of Bank of America Global Investment Banking in Europe, the Middle East and Africa as well as head of the German, Austrian and Swiss branches.

Deutsche Bundesbank, 2010–2018

From 2010 until 2018, Dombret was a member of the executive board of the Deutsche Bundesbank, responsible for Banking Supervision, Risk Control, Economic Education, University of Applied Sciences and Technical Central Bank Cooperation and the Bundesbank's representatives abroad. In this capacity, he was also a member of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision, the ECB Supervisory Board as well as the German Financial Stability Committee.

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Later career

After retiring from the board of the German central bank, Dombret continued to serve on the board of Basel-based Bank for International Settlements until the end of 2018 and subsequently assumed a portfolio of advisory mandates. Among them are consultancy firm Oliver Wyman, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) and London-headquartered Equity Research firm Autonomous. In addition, he advises US Investment House Houlihan Lokey as Independent Chairman DACH and German Fintech Deposit Solutions, speaks at conferences worldwide and teaches as Adjunct Senior Research Scholar at the Faculty of International & Public Affairs of Columbia University in New York City.

Corporate boards

N26, chair of the supervisory board (since 2025)

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Personal life

  • BornJan 16, 1960, Des Moines6
  • CitizenshipGermany, United States7

Philanthropy

Dombret sponsors the Andreas Dombret – Center for Students Initiatives (CSI) at the Westfälische Wilhelms University (WWU) in Münster and a graduation prize for one dissertation that best combines science and practice every year. For his merits for the university, Andreas Dombret was awarded with the WWU university medal in 2009. For his grant to the Arnulf Rainer museum in Baden (near Vienna) he was awarded with the "Grosse silberne Stadtwappen der Stadt Baden bei Wien" in January 2010.

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Awards

  • 2024Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany8 10
  • 2018Great Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria8
  • 2018Knight of the National Order of Merit8
  • 2013Ehrenplakette der Stadt Frankfurt am Main8 9
  • 2013Hessian Order of Merit8
  • 2012Austrian Decoration for Science and Art8
  • 2007Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany8
  • Date not recordedhonorary doctor of the University of Münster8