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equinet Bank AG further expands its management team

equinet Bank AG further expands its management team

Frankfurt, 13 September 2016. equinet Bank AG has strengthened its management team and made important preparations for the company’s further development. As of 1 September 2016, the Management Board – which has consisted of two members to date – has been expanded to include Götz Gollan (47), who is responsible as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for strategic further development, change and performance management, and organisational and personnel development.

Mr. Gollan was previously active for five years as Management Board member with responsibility for markets at Privatbank Berlin of 1929 AG. During this period, he was in charge of the bank’s strategic reorientation and successful implementation of a new business model to secure sustainable profitability. Götz Gollan had previously already spent more than 12 years at equinet Bank AG as co-founder – initially on the corporate finance team and from 2002 as Chief Financial Officer. The Group was expanded into an integrated full bank under his management.

With Tim Schuldt (41), another former “equinetter” has also returned to his former sphere of activity, assuming responsibility for the currently 11-member research team as Head of Research with effect as of 1 August 2016. Mr. Schuldt’s most recent position was Senior Portfolio Manager at Prisma Investment GmbH, where he was chiefly responsible for European equities and high-yield bonds. Tim Schuldt had previously already spent eight years at equinet Bank AG as Senior Equity Analyst with responsibility for the automotive sector, and was also active as Co-Head of its Research Department from 2013 to 2015.

As Lutz Weiler, CEO of equinet Bank AG, comments: “We are pleased to announce that with COO Götz Gollan and Tim Schuldt as Head of Research we are strengthening our management team with two long-familiar new additions who have been connected with equinet Bank for many years. With the support of these two proven capital market experts, we aim to advance the bank’s strategic further development and additionally strengthen our position as a credible and expert partner to medium-sized companies.”

About equinet Bank AG
equinet Bank AG, based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, was founded in 1999, and regards itself as an “entrepreneur among bankers”. The bank primarily assists medium-sized companies in financing and capital market matters, offering trading and sales services as well as research products. Around 100 experienced investment bankers, securities traders, analysts and sales professionals develop and realise individual solutions.