Stand:updated on 01.11.2021 | Topic BaFin Chief Executive Director of Securities Supervision
Curriculum Vitae
Dr Thorsten Pötzsch
Curriculum Vitae (tabular)
1963
Born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia
1982 to 1988
Law studies in Passau, Münster and Munich
1988
First state examination in law
1988 to 1990
Institute for Civil Law and Civil Procedure at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
Research Assistant
1990
Doctorate at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich
1992
Second state examination in law
1991 to 1993
University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom
Associate Lecturer
1993 to 1994
RWE AG, Essen
Corporate Counsel
1994 to 1999
Federal Ministry of Finance, Bonn
Policy Officer, Stock Market and Securities Sectors, Investment Sector Division
1999
Federal Ministry of Justice, Berlin
Policy Officer, Accounting Law and Tax Law Division
1999 to 2002
Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin
Deputy Head of the Stock Market and Securities Sectors Division
2002 to 2007
Federal Chancellery, Berlin
Head of the Commercial Law, Information Society and Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises Division
2007 to 2016
Federal Ministry of Finance, Berlin
Head of Directorate VII B, Financial Market Regulation, National and International Financial Markets
2016 to 2017
Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation (FMSA), Frankfurt am Main
Member of the Management Committee
January 2018 to September 2021
Chief Executive Director, Resolution Sector at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Since September 2021
Chief Executive Director, Securities Supervision / Asset Management at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
Board and committee memberships:
Member of the Board of Supervisors of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Member of the Management Board of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)
Member of the Board of International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Chairman of the ESMA Sustainability Standing Committee.
Curriculum Vitae (full-text)
Dr Thorsten Pötzsch, born in Essen in 1963, has been Chief Executive Director of Securities Supervision/Asset Management at the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) since September 2021. Prior to this, between 2018 and 2021, he was Chief Executive Director of Resolution.
From 2016 to 2017, Dr Pötzsch was a Member of the Management Committee of the Federal Agency for Financial Market Stabilisation (FMSA). Before this, he held various specialist and managerial roles in different federal ministries between 1994 and 2016, with his most recent role as Head of Directorate VII B, Financial Market Regulation, National and International Financial Markets. From 2002 to 2007, he worked as Head of Division at the Federal Chancellery. Before this, he held various positions in the Federal Ministry of Finance, the Federal Ministry of Justice and at RWE AG.
Dr Thorsten Pötzsch is a Member of the Board of Supervisors and of the Management Board of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) and is also a Board Member at the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO). He is also Chairman of the ESMA Sustainability Standing Committee.
Dr Pötzsch studied law at the universities of Passau, Münster and Munich. He completed his doctorate and worked as a research assistant at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. He also worked as an associate lecturer at the University of Surrey, Guildford, United Kingdom, from 1991 to 1993.