Dr. Ingrid Hengster

  • Member of the Executive Board of KfW Bankengruppe

(as of January 31, 2020)

Personal data

Year of birth: 1961

Place of birth: Linz/Austria

Nationality: Austrian

Place of residence: Frankfurt/Main

Education

1979-1983 Studied law, Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg

1983 Doctorate

Career

1984-1986 Österreichische Kontrollbank AG, Wien

1986-1995 Different positions Commerzbank AG

1995-1998 Different positions at Union Bank of Switzerland (Germany) AG

1998-2005 Different positions at Credit Suisse First Boston (Europe) Limited

2005-2014 Country Executive of Royal Bank of Scotland plc., branch Frankfurt/Main and Head of RBS (Germany) AG

seit 2014 Member of the Executive Board of KfW Bankengruppe

Membership of statutory Supervisory Boards in Germany

  • thyssenkrupp AG (since 2015, appointed until 2023) *)
  • Deutsche Bahn AG
  • Supervisory Board Chairwoman, KfW Capital GmbH & Co. KG Frankfurt a.M.

*) listed company

Membership of comparable control bodies

  • Expert on the Board of Directors, European Investment Bank (EIB), Luxembourg

Other committee work and functions

  • Member of the Executive Board, KfW Stiftung, Frankfurt a.M.
  • Member of the SME Advisory Board of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, Berlin
  • Member of the Committee for Promotional Banks, Association of German Public Banks, Berlin
  • Member of the Investment Advisory Committee, Volkswagen Stiftung, Hanover
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Society of Friends of the Alte Oper, Frankfurt a.M.