John Cryan

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John Cryan
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John Cryan, 2017
Born
John Michael Cryan

(1960-12-16) 16 December 1960 (age 62)
Sunderland, United Kingdom
NationalityBritish
Alma mater Cambridge University
OccupationBanker
TitleFormer CEO, Deutsche Bank
Term2015-18
Successor Christian Sewing
SpouseMary Cryan

John Michael Cryan (born 16 December 1960) is a British businessman. From July 2015 to April 2018 he was chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main.

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Early life

John Michael Cryan [1] was born on 16 December 1960 in Sunderland. [2] He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge. [3]

Career

Cryan worked for Arthur Andersen and then joined S.G. Warburg in London in 1987, before he was appointed group chief financial officer at UBS AG in September 2008. [4] Cryan was head of UBS's financial institutions group. In the autumn of 2008, he advised the UBS board of directors on the financial crisis. [5]

In 2011, Cryan left UBS for personal reasons. [6] In January 2012, he joined Singapore's investment company Temasek as president for Europe. [7] Cryan became a non-executive director of Man Group in January 2015. [1]

Cryan was appointed co-chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank in June 2015, [8] [9] a position he shared with Jürgen Fitschen until May 2016, when he became sole CEO. [10]

On 8 April 2018, Cryan was replaced by Christian Sewing as chief executive at Deutsche Bank. [11] In April 2019, Cryan became a director at X Cyber Group LTD in the UK. [12] In September, it was announced that he would succeed Ian Livingston as chairman of Man Group. [13]

Personal life

Cryan and his wife Mary purchased a home in Annapolis, Maryland, US, in 2009. They have a home in London as well, and no children. [14] He speaks German fluently. [15]

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