Dr. Karsten von Köller is the former Chairman and Member of the Board of Managing Directors of Eurohypo AG. Prior to this from 1984 through 2001 he was a member of the Board of Managing Directors of RHEINHYP Rheinische Hypothekenbank AG (Commerzbank group) where he was responsible for the bank's commercial real estate lending activities outside Germany. Dr. von Köller was an Executive Vice President of BHF-BANK Frankfurt and was responsible for the bank's corporate customer business in northern and western Germany and in western industrial countries from 1981 through 1984. Before holding this position from 1977 through 1980 he served as Senior Vice President and co-manager of the New York branch of BHF-BANK Frankfurt. From 1971 through 1976 he served in the syndicated loan and investment banking department of Berliner Handels-und Frankfurter Bank (BHF-BANK) Frankfurt am Main. Dr. von Köller studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Munich and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School. |