At its meeting on September 11, 2023, the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank has appointed Bernd Spalt as the new Chief Risk Officer to the Board of Management Directors, with effect from 1 January 2024. Spalt will succeed Marcus Chromik, who will - in line with his plans for his personal life - leave Commerzbank at the end of this year, as already announced in July 2022. The appointment of Bernd Spalt is still subject to the usual approval by the regulatory authority.

Bernd Spalt, as a former member of the Board of Directors of Erste Group and Erste Bank Austria, has many years of experience in all areas of risk management. From 2020 to 2022, Spalt furthermore was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Erste Group Bank AG.