John Michael Cryan (born 16 December 1960) is a British businessman. From July 2015 to April 2018 he was chief executive of Deutsche Bank AG in Frankfurt am Main.
John Cryan | |
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Born | John Michael Cryan 16 December 1960 Sunderland, United Kingdom |
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Cambridge University |
Occupation | Banker |
Title | Former CEO, Deutsche Bank |
Term | 2015-18 |
Successor | Christian Sewing |
Spouse | Mary Cryan |
John Michael Cryan[1] was born on 16 December 1960 in Sunderland.[2] He is a graduate of the University of Cambridge.[3]
Cryan worked for Arthur Andersen and then joined S.G. Warburg in London in 1987, before he was appointed group chief financial officer at UBS AG in September 2008.[4] Cryan was head of UBS's financial institutions group. In the autumn of 2008, he advised the UBS board of directors on the financial crisis.[5]
In 2011, Cryan left UBS for personal reasons.[6] In January 2012, he joined Singapore's investment company Temasek as president for Europe.[7] Cryan became a non-executive director of Man Group in January 2015.[1]
Cryan was appointed co-chief executive officer of Deutsche Bank in June 2015,[8][9] a position he shared with Jürgen Fitschen until May 2016, when he became sole CEO.[10]
On 8 April 2018, Cryan was replaced by Christian Sewing as chief executive at Deutsche Bank.[11] In April 2019, Cryan became a director at X Cyber Group LTD in the UK.[12] In September, it was announced that he would succeed Ian Livingston as chairman of Man Group.[13]
Cryan and his wife Mary purchased a home in Annapolis, Maryland, US, in 2009. They have a home in London as well, and no children.[14] He speaks German fluently.[15]