Subject: Christiana Riley

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Christiana Riley is the Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank (Americas). She has been a member of the Management Board since Jan 1, 2020. Riley joined Deutsche Bank in 2006 where she was most recently Chief Financial Officer of the Corporate & Investment Bank. Prior to this Riley worked at the management consultancy McKinsey & Company and at the investment bank Greenhill & Co. In 2000, she graduated from Princeton University and in 2005 she received her Master’s of Business Administration at the London Business School in the UK.

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Deutsche Bank

Subject: Christian Sewing

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Christian Sewing is the CEO of Deutsche Bank since 2018 and has been a member of the Management Board since 2015. He joined Deutsche Bank in 1989. From January until June 2015, he was responsible on the Management Board for Legal, Incident Management Group and Group Audit, and assumed responsibility for Deutsche Bank’s Private & Commercial Bank (including Postbank) between July 2015 and April 2018. Before graduating with a diploma from the Bankakademie Bielefeld and Hamburg, Christian Sewing completed a bank apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in 1989.

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Deutsche Bank

Subject: Stuart Wilson

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Stuart Wilson Lewis is the Chief Risk Officer of Deutsche Bank and became a member of the  Management Board in 2012. He assumes responsibility for Compliance, Anti-Financial Crime and the Business Selection and Conflicts Office. He joined Deutsche Bank in 1996. Prior to assuming his current role, Lewis was the Deputy Chief Risk Officer and Chief Risk Officer of the Corporate & Investment Bank from 2010 to 2012. Before joining Deutsche Bank, he worked at Credit Suisse and Continental Illinois National Bank in London.Lewis graduated from  the University of Dundee, where he obtained an LLB (Hons), and he holds an LLM from the London School of Economics. He also attended the College of Law, Guildford. 

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Deutsche Bank

Subject: Steven F. Reich

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Steven F. Reich is the General Counsel for the Americas at Deutsche Bank AG. He serves as the chief legal advisor to the regions’ Boards of Directors and business leaders. In the private sector, Steve was a partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and, before that, at Manatt Phelps & Phillips LLP. He began his private practice career as an associate at Covington & Burling. In government, from 2011-2013 he held the title of Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier in his career, he served as Senior Associate Counsel to President Bill Clinton; on the staff of then-Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle; and, before that, on the minority staff of the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. From 1994-1998, he was an Assistant Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland. Reich is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Columbia College.

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Deutsche Bank

Subject: Stefan Simon

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Stefan Simon is Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) at Deutsche Bank and is responsibility for regulatory and legal affairs. He has been a member of Deutsche Bank’s Supervisory Board since August 2016 and has been Chairman of its Integrity Committee. Simon is a lawyer and tax consultant and a former partner at Flick Gocke Schaumburg. He has taught at the University of Cologne since 2008.

 

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Deutsche Bank

 

Subject: Pamela Root

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Pamela Root is the managing director and the Global Head of Compliance Deutsche Bank AG. Previously Pamela was at Citi from 2009 to 2016, where she was a managing director and Chief Compliance Officer for the Global Institutional Clients Group. Prior to joining Citi, Ms. Root served in both legal and compliance roles at Goldman Sachs, including as the General Counsel to Global Compliance Division; Co-Director of Global Compliance (2001 to 2006); General Counsel for Goldman Sachs Asia ex-Japan (1993 to 2001). Before moving to Goldman Sachs in 1986, Pamela was a lawyer at Sullivan & Cromwell in New York practicing securities, banking and corporate law. She received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, and her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania.

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Deutsche Bank

Subject: Andy Sieg

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Andy Sieg is the President of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management (MLWM) and a member of Bank of America’s executive management team. As head of MLWM, he oversees approximately 25,000 employees – including more than 14,700 financial advisors – who provide investment and wealth management strategies to individuals and businesses across the U.S. From 2005 to 2009, he led the Emerging Affluent Client Segment within Citigroup Global Wealth Management. In 2009, after Merrill’s acquisition by Bank of America, Sieg returned to Merrill. Earlier in his career, Sieg served in the White House as an aide to the assistant to the president for Economic and Domestic Policy. In 2015, he participated in the White House Conference on Aging. Sieg earned a Bachelor of Science in economics from Penn State University, and serves on the external advisory board of its Schreyer Honors College. He also holds a master’s in public policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he serves on the Dean’s Council.

Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Matthew Gellene

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Matt Gellene is the Head of Financial Center Merrill Edge & National Performance Executive. He also serves as the National Sales Performance Executive. Previously, Gellene held sales executive roles at Fleet Financial Group, Bank of America’s Premier Banking and Investments team and Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. Gellene received a Bachelor of Business Administration from The George Washington University and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business.

Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Tracy Mazzoni

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Tracy Mazzoni is the Head of Merrill Edge Client Management. Mazzoni leads Merrill Edge Client Management (MECM) and the centralized Financial Solutions Advisors (FSAs). Prior to joining Merrill Edge, Mazzoni has held various sales, service and talent development roles during her career within Merrill Lynch Wealth Management including PMD Manager and Sales Manager for the South Atlantic division, Financial Advisor and Registered Client Associate. She graduated from the University of Virginia with degrees in Economics and International Relations.

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Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Forrest Skriletz

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Forrest Skriletz is the Head of Merrill Edge Business Planning & Operations.

Skriletz leads the Merrill Edge Business Planning & Operations team. In this role, Forrest is responsible for Merrill Edge strategic initiatives, business planning and optimization efforts.  Skriletz began his career at Merrill Lynch in 2001 when he joined the Merrill Lynch as an Investor Services Advisor. He has held a variety of roles including business analyst, project manager and business development manager responsible for client acquisition strategy and program development for the Merrill Edge Advisory Center. Most recently, he led the Merrill Edge Client Management organization. Forrest holds Series 7, 9, 10 and 66 FINRA registrations.

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Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Deb A. Ruick

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Deb A. Ruick is the Head of Merrill Edge Client Services. She leads the Merrill Edge Client Services division with a focus on primarily serving as a primary point of contact for all Merrill Edge clients and assisting with trading, investing and account information. Ruick also has responsibility for the Merrill Edge talent management, recruiting, diversity and development efforts. Ruick previously worked at E*TRADE and Fidelity Investments. She has a BS in Finance from Weber State University. She holds Series 6, 7, 24, 8 and 63 FINRA registrations.

Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Teron Douglas

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Teron Douglas is  the Head of Merrill Edge Digital Capabilities and leads the team responsible for the Merrill Edge digital channels and investing capabilities. Douglas joined Merrill Edge from E*TRADE in 2015, where he was Senior Vice President and COO of Investor services. Douglas began his career at Wells Fargo, where he worked in mortgage underwriting supporting their early digitization efforts. He has a BS in Economics and an MBA from the University of Wyoming. He holds Series 4, 7, 24, 63 and 65 FINRA registrations.

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Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

Subject: Rob DeJesus

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Rob DeJesus is the Head of Merrill Edge Sales & GWIM Integration and is responsible for Merrill Edge’s online investing and trading platform, self-directed sales and relationship management. DeJesus joined Merrill Edge from Citi in 2011, where he spent five years and was director of the National Investment Center. Prior to joining Citi, Rob spent 12 years at TD Ameritrade, where he held positions across sales, service, operations, risk, and strategic initiatives. Rob holds Series 7, 63, 65, 24, 9 and 10 FINRA registrations.

Subject: David Poole

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David Poole is the Consumer Investments Solutions & Client Services Executive and leads the Consumer Investments Solutions & Client Services team in Bank of America Corporation’s Merrill division. Prior to joining Bank of America in 2013, he held various senior leadership roles across sales and service at E*Trade over a 14 year period. His most recent role at E*Trade was Vice President of Customer Service. Poole holds an MBA degree from University of Georgia as well as a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree. He received a Certificate of Financial Planning from Florida State University and holds Series 7, 63, 24, and 4 FINRA registrations.

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Merrill Edge aka “MLPF&S” or “Merrill”

 

 

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