Burkhard Eckes

Membership in Group Committees

Mr Eckes served for more than 30 years at PwC as:

Chair of the Supervisory Board, inexogy Energy Holding KGaA, Saarlouis (April 2023-April 2024)
Senior Advisor, PwC Germany and EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) (2022 - 2023)
Global Banking and Capital Markets (BCM) ESG Leader and member of the Global Financial Services (FS) ESG Leadership Team (2019 - 2022), responsible for BCM activities in ESG consulting globally
EMEA BCM Leader and member of the EMEA FS Leadership Team (2017 - 2022), responsible for consulting and assurance services especially regarding banking strategies, business models, supervisory and regulatory requirements and practices, risk management
Member of the Global BCM Leadership Team (2009 - 2022)
German BCM Leader and member of the German FS Leadership Team (2009 - 2018), responsible for consulting and assurance services including statutory audits of large German banks
Chair of the Global Banking International Accounting Group (2002 - 2023)
Partner (1996 - 2022)

Other milestones in Mr Eckes’ career include:

Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Risk and Audit Committee, Solaris SE, Berlin (2023 - 2025)
Chair of the Banks Working Party of Accountancy Europe (former FEE - Fédération des Experts Comptables Européens) (2015 - 2022)
Chair of the Banking Committee (Bankenfachausschuss – BFA) of the German Institute of Public Auditors (Institut der Wirtschaftsprüfer - IDW) (2017 - 2022) and member of the BFA (2008 - 2022)
Member of the European Parlamentary Financial Services Forum - EPFSF (2012 - 2023)
Member of the Steering Committee Sustainability of IDW (2020 - 2022)

Publication of articles and co-author of books about accounting, audit, regulatory and banking industry related topics

Member of the Technical Advisory Board of the bi-weekly magazine „Die Wirtschaftsprüfung“ (The Audit) (2020 - 2023)

Certified Public Auditor (German Wirtschaftsprüfer) (1996)

MBA, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (1986)

Germany