Martin Blessing

Martin Blessing (born July 6, 1963) is a German banker and business person. Education Blessing received his high-school diploma at the Bischof-Neumann-Schule in Königstein im Taunus. After completing a banking apprenticeship at Dresdner Bank, he studied business administration at the University of Frankfurt and the University of St. Gallen (HSG) from 1984 to 1987, where he was also a member of the International Students' Committee. He continued his studies at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and was awarded the title Master of Business Administration in 1988. Career From 1989 to 1996, Blessing worked for McKinsey & Company where he became Partner two years prior to his leaving the company. From 1997 to 2000, he held the position of joint Head Private Clients at Dresdner Bank. From 2000 to 2001, he was Chief Executive Officer of Advance Bank, a subsidiary of Dresdner Bank AG. In July 2003 Advance Bank was dissolved as a stock corporation and legally integrated into Dresdner Bank. In November 2001, Blessing joined the Commerzbank AG, where he worked for 15 years. Before being appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2008, he held several senior management positions; from 2001 to 2004, he was Head of Private Clients, from 2004 to 2008, he was Head of Corporate Banking and from 2006 onward he was also responsible for IT & Operations.