Speakers

Friedrich (“Fritz“) Luithlen is Head of Debt Capital Markets & Syndication at DZ BANK.
Before taking up his current role in late 2017, Fritz ran the private placement business of
the bank, and acted as Head of Covered Bond Origination, promoting the Bank’s covered
bond franchise with issuers across the globe.

In addition to his day-to-day activities, Fritz is also at the helm of a number of DZ Bank’s
digitalisation projects that aim to combine legal, financial and risk technologies in the
digital realm to transform current business models in the primary markets.

Fritz holds a Master of Arts in Philosophy and Economics from the University of
Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Master of Business Administration from the Kellogg School of
Business, Evanston, IL, and the WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management in
Vallendar, Germany. He is also an Alumnus of the Institute of International Finance’s
Future Leaders Programme.