Dr Karen Kuder

Year of birth: 1973
Nationality: German

Year of first appointment to the Executive Board: 2022
End of current appointment to the Executive Board: 2028

Education

• Trained as a bank clerk at Deutsche Bank AG, Dresden
• Studied law at the University of Augsburg and the Technical University of
  Dresden
• Received her doctorate from the Technical University of Darmstadt

Professional career

Karen Kuder was appointed Managing Director of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA as of November 1, 2022. As Chief Administration Officer, she is responsible for the Legal Department, the Compliance and Anti Financial Crime Department, the Human Resources Department, the Client and Investment Monitoring Team and the Corporate Office.

Prior to joining DWS, Karen Kuder was Group General Counsel of Deutsche Bank AG since May 2020, responsible for Legal, Group Governance and Data Privacy. From 2018 to 2020 she was Chief Governance Officer of Deutsche Bank AG.

Karen Kuder joined Deutsche Bank AG in 2001 and worked in various legal areas in Frankfurt as well as in London, New York and Luxembourg. She has been Associate General Counsel since 2014 and Managing Director since 2015. In the following years, she held various management positions with global responsibility in the legal field. 

Memberships in domestic supervisory boards to be established by law

• Member of the Supervisory Board of DWS Investment GmbH¹

Memberships in comparable supervisory bodies

• Non-Executive member of the Board of DWS USA Corporation¹

¹ Group mandate of DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA