Deutsche Börse lines up new CEO as Viermetz takes top job

Deustche Börse today appointed Kurt Viermetz as the new chairman of its supervisory board to replace Rolf Breuer, and said it now had a list of candidates for the job of chief executive, vacated by Werner Seifert after a shareholder fight last May.

Viermetz, currently chairman of the supervisory board of Hypo Real Estate, part of German bank HVB, will take up the job after the next board meeting, due on October 10.

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