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Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG and professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He was President of the German Central Bank, member of the ECB’s Governing Council and Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. In the Federal Chancellery, he had previously headed the economic policy department and was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal representative for the economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries. He has felt a bond with the orchestra since his visit to Bremen a few years ago, when he was impressed by the innovative power of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie.

Director General of the Salzburg Easter Festival, former Manager of the Hamburg State Opera and Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival and of the Munich Biennale. Considered one of the most important contemporary composers, sought-after conductors and successful arts managers of today, Ruzicka brought The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen to the Salzburg Festival in 2004.

Long-time communications consultant to the EUROPE CULTURAL DAYS of the European Central Bank. Management positions with IBM, A.C. Nielsen Marketing Beratung and Dresdner Bank; Chief Executive Officer of Business and Economic Development Corp. Frankfurt. Founded the management consultancy ›Executive Communications‹ in 2000, with emphasis on marketing and communications. Active on various committees and supervisory boards, including University Council of Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Board mandates at four German television production companies. He was Director-General at Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Germany’s second public broadcaster, for 10 years, and before that Programme Director with responsibility for music programming. He has had ties to the Bremen-based orchestra since the transmission of the awarding of the German Founder’s Prize to The  Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen by ZDF in 2008.

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG and professor at the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. He was President of the German Central Bank, member of the ECB’s Governing Council and Chairman of the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. In the Federal Chancellery, he had previously headed the economic policy department and was Chancellor Angela Merkel’s personal representative for the economic summits of the G8 and G20 countries. He has felt a bond with the orchestra since his visit to Bremen a few years ago, when he was impressed by the innovative power of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie.

Director General of the Salzburg Easter Festival, former Manager of the Hamburg State Opera and Artistic Director of the Salzburg Festival and of the Munich Biennale. Considered one of the most important contemporary composers, sought-after conductors and successful arts managers of today, Ruzicka brought The Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen to the Salzburg Festival in 2004.

Long-time communications consultant to the EUROPE CULTURAL DAYS of the European Central Bank. Management positions with IBM, A.C. Nielsen Marketing Beratung and Dresdner Bank; Chief Executive Officer of Business and Economic Development Corp. Frankfurt. Founded the management consultancy ›Executive Communications‹ in 2000, with emphasis on marketing and communications. Active on various committees and supervisory boards, including University Council of Goethe University, Frankfurt.

Board mandates at four German television production companies. He was Director-General at Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, Germany’s second public broadcaster, for 10 years, and before that Programme Director with responsibility for music programming. He has had ties to the Bremen-based orchestra since the transmission of the awarding of the German Founder’s Prize to The  Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen by ZDF in 2008.