Dr Joachim Wuermeling today took up office as a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. The Bundesbank's Executive Board has therefore reshuffled its areas of responsibility. The following reallocation of responsibilities comes into effect immediately.

President Jens Weidmann

• Communications
• Legal
• Economics
• Research Centre

Deputy President Professor Claudia Buch

• Financial stability
• Internal audit
• Statistics

Carl-Ludwig Thiele

• Cash management
• Controlling, Accounting and Organisation
• Payments and Settlement Systems

Dr Andreas Dombret

• Banking and Financial Supervision
• Economic Education, University of Applied Sciences and Technical Central Bank Cooperation
• Risk Control
• Representative Offices abroad

Dr Johannes Beermann

• Human Resources
• Administration and Premises
• Procurement Centre

Dr Joachim Wuermeling

• Information Technology
• Markets