Published: November 30, 2009
With effect from January 1, 2010, Thomas Mayer becomes head of Deutsche Bank research and will take over the position of chief economist of the bank. He succeeds Norbert Walter who will retire at the end of the year.
Mayer has been chief European economist in Deutsche Bank’s global markets division. Following time with the Kiel Institute for the World Economy and the IMF in Washington, Mayer first worked as an economist with Salomon Brothers and Goldman Sachs before joining Deutsche in 2002.
Walter joined the bank in 1987 and expanded the economics department into Deutsche Bank research. As the bank's public representative at a large number of national and international organisations and institutions, his forecasts and views have often had a strong influence on prevalent opinion.