Travel narrows the mind, say the cynics. Andreas von Buddenbrock, who is not the least bit cynical, is inclined to agree.
He was born in Cuba during one of many foreign postings for his father, a German diplomat, and he lived in Manila and Washington before his student years at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland. After a further year in transit at a Geneva private bank and a few months at JP Morgan in New York, he finally managed to settle in Frankfurt and would be pleased never to move house again.
As head of Merrill Lynch’s German investment-banking division, Buddenbrock faces plenty of challenges on his own doorstep.
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