“A gender quota does not make the talent pool any bigger or better”
Deutsche Bank’s CEO Americas talks about women on management boards, uncomfortable discussions and her plans for more racial and ethnic diversity.
Ms. Riley, when Citigroup became the first major American bank to appoint a woman, Jane Fraser, as CEO, you called that great news”. You are the only woman on the Management Board of Deutsche Bank. How long will it take for a woman to become CEO of Deutsche Bank?
We are getting off to a good start, my goodness (laughs). Look: Deutsche Bank is committed to attracting and promoting the best talent at every level and to being an attractive employer. Appointing the CEO is, of course, a matter for the Supervisory Board. It is our responsibility to ensure that there’s a deep enough pool of women eligible for roles on the Management Board. We have more work to do in that respect.