Management & Board of Directors

Thomas Schaufler has been a member of the Board of Managing Directors responsible for the Private and Small-Business Customers segment at Commerzbank AG since December 2021. Previously, he was retail board member at the Austrian Erste Group and Erste Bank Oesterreich, where he was responsible for Private Banking and Asset Management, among other things. Thomas Schaufler has over 30 years of experience in banking. He held various leadership positions in retail banking and the securities business at Erste Bank. In addition to chairing the supervisory board at Aquila Capital, he also holds supervisory board mandates at Schufa Holding AG, Commerz Real AG, and the Polish mBank. 

Dr. Hans-Georg Beyer is the Group Chief Compliance Officer of Commerzbank AG since December 2022. In this role, he is responsible for all compliance units of the group, including foreign branches and subsidiaries. He also acts as Group AntiMoney Laundering Officer. His career at Commerzbank AG began in 2011 in Internal Audit. He held various senior positions there, including Audit Manager and Head of Department for International Credit Products and Processes. Later, he became Head of Group Audit Compliance, Legal & Human Resources. Since 2020, Dr. Beyer has been working in the Group Compliance area. His previous positions included Head of Global Markets Compliance and Regional Head of Compliance Americas.  Dr. Hans-Georg Beyer is a CFA charterholder (Chartered Financial Analyst) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). 

Michael Dröge has been appointed to the supervisory board in 2017. Besides this mandate, he is also member of various boards of directors of Aquila Capital funds. Michael Dröge has been working as a lawyer since 1999 and is partner at Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek in Hamburg. He completed an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG and holds a degree in law from Georg-August-University Göttingen. Michael Dröge was awarded a doctorate in law by the Georg-August-University Göttingen. 

Christian Hassel has been serving as Divisional Board Member for Wealth Management & Asset Management at Commerzbank AG since 2020. With 20 years of experience in the financial sector, he possesses extensive expertise in wealth and asset management. After completing his apprenticeship at Sparkasse Westerwald-Sieg, he worked at Commerz Real AG and held various leadership positions within Commerzbank AG. Christian Hassel is a graduate of the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, where he most recently earned an Executive MBA. He is furthermore actively involved in various supervisory and advisory boards. Among other positions, he is Chairman of the Advisory Board at Yellowfin Assetmanagement GmbH, Advisory Board Member of Startup-Teens e.V. and a Trustee of the Commerzbank Foundation. 

Simone Heeg runs Financial Markets Corporate Sales (FMCS) for corporate customers globally at Commerzbank AG, with teams in Germany and several international locations. She has been working in management positions since 2016, during the last five years as a managing director and divisional head for the FMCS business. Prior to Simone’s current position, she was responsible for the Governance within the Corporate Clients segment as well as Head of Product and Sales management in the areas of derivatives, currencies, commodities, and investment solutions. As a graduated „Bankfachwirt" at the Academy of Banking and holder of an ACI dealing certificate, Simone has many years’ experiences in the corporate customer business. Simone worked as a corporate relationship manager as well as product specialist for financial markets products with companies from various industries. In addition to Simone’s leadership role, she regularly manages projects for strategy development and implementation, as well as for digitisation activities. 

Dr. Dieter Rentsch is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of Aquila Group. He is responsible for the company's investment strategies, investment processes, key account management, finance, IT as well as risk management. Previously, he was Head of macro research at Munich Re Insurance Group (MEAG). Dieter has over 30 years of experience in the investment sector and holds a PhD in nuclear physics from the Justus-Liebig-University of Gießen. 

Dr. Simon Weppner is a tax lawyer based in the Düsseldorf office of Norton Rose Fulbright LLP, specializing in corporate tax law. He advises national and international clients on project-oriented tax planning, M&A transactions, group tax optimization, structured financing, and real estate acquisitions.​