Dr. Thomas Rüschen is globally responsible for Asset Finance & Leasing, a product group within Deutsche Bank’s Corporate and Investment Division since 2003. He joined Deutsche Bank in 1990 and worked in various functions within Corporate und Investment Banking in Frankfurt, London und Milan. In this capacity he is also a member of the Global Banking Executive Committee.

In addition to his global responsibility he acts also as CEO of Deutsche Immobilien Leasing GmbH, Düsseldorf, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG and is a member of the Supervisory Board of Schiffshypothekenbank zu Lübeck AG.

Posts he held since 1990 include Senior Relationship Manager within Relationship Management/Structured Finance in London. From 1997 to 2000 he was responsible for the corporate banking business in Continental Europe outside of Germany.

After studying at the University of Mannheim he gained a Ph.D. from Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt with a thesis on the topic of “Consulting Banking”.