Warburg Pincus has appointed James von Moltke Senior Advisor and Executive-in-Residence in Europe, bringing the former Deutsche Bank President and CFO into the firm’s investment activities across financial services and technology.
Von Moltke will help Warburg Pincus identify and evaluate new European investment opportunities while working with existing portfolio companies on value creation.
He served as President of Deutsche Bank beginning in 2022 and spent nine years as CFO and a member of the bank’s Management Board. During his tenure, he helped lead Deutsche Bank’s transformation and execution of its Global Hausbank strategy.
Von Moltke also played a leading role in the 2018 IPO of DWS Group, Deutsche Bank’s asset management affiliate, and subsequently served as the Management Board member responsible for Asset Management.
Before Deutsche Bank, von Moltke was Treasurer of Citigroup and also served as its Head of Corporate M&A and Global Head of Financial Planning and Analysis. Earlier, he led Morgan Stanley’s Financial Technology Advisory team globally and spent 10 years at J.P. Morgan across New York and Hong Kong.
Warburg Pincus manages more than $105 billion in assets and has more than 225 companies in its active portfolio. The firm has invested in more than 1,100 companies across private equity, real estate and capital solutions.
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“Having spent my career at the intersection of global banking, capital markets and financial transformation, I’m excited to bring that experience to Warburg Pincus and its portfolio companies, particularly as the sector navigates a period of significant structural change,” said James von Moltke. “I’ve long admired Warburg Pincus for its partnership approach, something I saw firsthand in the Primerica IPO, where the firm worked closely with management and the selling shareholder to bring a value-enhancing deal to life.”
James von Moltke, Senior Advisor and Executive-in-Residence at Warburg Pincus
“We are delighted to welcome James to Warburg Pincus. He is as seasoned an operator as they come, with a career spanning more than three decades at the top of global financial services,” said Andrew Sibbald, Managing Director, Head of Europe, Warburg Pincus. “James helped lead Deutsche Bank through one of the most consequential transformations in its history, building deep credibility with regulators across the globe along the way. His combination of operating judgment, regulatory credibility and market relationships will be invaluable in helping us source new opportunities and continuing to build value across our portfolio.”
Andrew Sibbald, Managing Director and Head of Europe at Warburg Pincus
