The members of the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange have formally elected Michael Klaus as their new Chairman during today's constituent meeting. Klaus is a personally liable partner of Metzler Bank and a member of the Executive Board of Metzler Holding and succeeds Michael Rüdiger, who has left the Exchange Council. Dr Matthias Zieschang, Member of the Executive Board of Fraport AG, remains Deputy Chairman.

The constituent meeting was preceded by the regular elections at the end of November. Newly elected to the Exchange Council were Jörg Hessenmüller of Commerzbank AG, Dr Georg Stocker of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Harald Stroh of Frankfurter Volksbank eG and Tobias Vogel of UBS Europe SE.

Dr Christine Bortenlänger, Executive Member of the Board at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, and Professor Dr Peter Gomber, who holds the Chair of e-Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Frankfurt's Goethe University were re-elected to the Exchange Council as investor representatives.

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has 18 members who are elected for a term of three years. Primary duties include appointing and monitoring the stock exchange management, issuing exchange regulations, the fee scale, as well as the terms and conditions for exchange transactions.

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The members of the Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange have formally elected Michael Klaus as their new Chairman during today's constituent meeting. Klaus is a personally liable partner of Metzler Bank and a member of the Executive Board of Metzler Holding and succeeds Michael Rüdiger, who has left the Exchange Council. Dr Matthias Zieschang, Member of the Executive Board of Fraport AG, remains Deputy Chairman.

The constituent meeting was preceded by the regular elections at the end of November. Newly elected to the Exchange Council were Jörg Hessenmüller of Commerzbank AG, Dr Georg Stocker of DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale, Harald Stroh of Frankfurter Volksbank eG and Tobias Vogel of UBS Europe SE.

Dr Christine Bortenlänger, Executive Member of the Board at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, and Professor Dr Peter Gomber, who holds the Chair of e-Finance at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration at Frankfurt's Goethe University were re-elected to the Exchange Council as investor representatives.

The Exchange Council of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange has 18 members who are elected for a term of three years. Primary duties include appointing and monitoring the stock exchange management, issuing exchange regulations, the fee scale, as well as the terms and conditions for exchange transactions.