Ann-Kristin Achleitner is Distinguished Affiliated Professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), where she held the Chair of Entrepreneurial Finance between 2001 and 2020. An accomplished academic with multiple honors and publications, she now acts primarily as a non-executive board director and venture investor. With several awards for both research and teaching, including the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Ann-Kristin Achleitner’s counsel is highly regarded across both the public and private sector.
She currently sits on the Munich Re Supervisory Board, the Linde Board of Directors, and is a Director of Lazard Group. She is a member of the International Advisory Board of Investcorp, as well as a member of the Advisory Boards of Lakestar Advisors and of Techem. Previously, Ann-Kristin Achleitner served as a non-executive board director of Deutsche Börse, Engie, Metro, Vontobel Holding and Vontobel Bank.
She has advised multiple commissions in the German, Bavarian and Swiss governments, as well as in the EU commission, and multiple award juries. Ann-Kristin Achleitner is also a member of multiple boards of non-public institutions and foundations, including the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. She is a member of the World Economic Forum`s Global Future Council on Europe, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies. In addition, she was elected Vice President of the German National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech) and serves as a member of the Executive Committee.
Ann-Kristin Achleitner received her doctorates in business administration as well as law from the University of St. Gallen (HSG) in Switzerland and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Leuphana University. After starting her career as a management consultant with McKinsey, she held the Chair of Banking and Finance at the European Business School (EBS).