Programme 2025
35th Frankfurt European Banking Congress
21 November 2025
Please find the programme as pdf here
08.00 a.m.
Registration and Coffee
09.00 a.m.
Welcome
Mike Josef
Lord Mayor, City of Frankfurt am Main
Opening
Link to: Jean Beunardeau
Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas, Paris;
Chairman of the EBC 2025
Keynote
Christine Lagarde
President, European Central Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Session I
Investing in Europe – the Banking Perspective
Link to: Jean Beunardeau
Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas, Paris;
Bettina Orlopp
Chief Executive Officer, Commerzbank, Frankfurt am Main
Christian Sewing
Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt am Main
Andrew Wild
Chief Executive Officer, HSBC Continental Europe, Paris
Moderator
Melinda Crane
Journalist and Moderator
11.00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11.30 a.m.
Session II
Investing in Europe – the Corporate Perspective
Dominik Asam
Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer, SAP, Waldorf
Jean-François Fallacher
Chief Executive Officer, Eutelsat, Paris
Arancha González
Dean, Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA) at Sciences Po, Paris and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain
Kerstin Jorna
Director-General, DG for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, European Commission, Brussels
Global Co Head of Private Equity Fund Investments, Head of Partnership Solutions and Impact Investing, Deputy Head EMEA,
Temasek International, London
Moderator
Melinda Crane
Journalist and Moderator
12.45 p.m.
Lunch Break
2.00 p.m.
Keynote and Dialogue
Joachim Nagel
President, Deutsche Bundesbank, Frankfurt am Main
Moderator
Anna Edwards
Bloomberg TV Anchor
Europe’s Investment Priorities
A conversation with
Nadia Calviño
President, European Investment Bank Group, Luxembourg
Moderator
Anna Edwards
Bloomberg TV Anchor
Closing Remarks
Chairman of the Board of Directors, BNP Paribas, Paris;
Chairman of the EBC 2025
3.15 p.m.
End of Congress