Matthias Mosler

In 1988 Matthias Mosler, then a rising star in the investment banking division of Deutsche Bank, was chosen to become personal assistant to Alfred Herrhausen, the charismatic chief executive of Deutsche Bank and president of Daimler-Benz. Herrhausen was also a politician, and was seen as the most powerful person in Germany. Helping to run the great man’s office and to act as a sounding board for his ideas for changing Deutsche Bank seemed a golden opportunity for the young Mosler.