FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) co-deputy chief executive Christian Sewing is to become the new CEO of Germany’s biggest bank, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday.
Sewing tops a list of candidates to be presented by Chairman Paul Achleitner and is the preferred option, the person said, adding fellow co-deputy CEO Marcus Schenck was close to leaving the bank.
Deutsche Bank declined to comment.
Reporting by Andreas Framke; Writing by Christoph Steitz; Editing by Edward Taylor and Tom Sims