CEO of Helaba
Thomas Groß has been the CEO of Helaba since June 2020. He is responsible for Group Steering, Human Resources and Legal Services, Accounting and Taxes, Group Audit, Frankfurter Sparkasse as well as Frankfurter Bankgesellschaft.
After completing his studies in business engineering, Groß began his professional career in 1992 as a consultant as the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). From 2000, he was a Partner and Managing Director in BCG’s Frankfurt office, specialising in consultancy for financial service companies. His focus was on banks and savings banks (Sparkassen) in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Central & Eastern Europe.
Thereafter, Groß assumed various management roles at the Unicredit Group. From 2008 to 2012, as the Chief Risk Officer, he was a member of the Board of Managing Directors of WestLB. Since 2011, he also held the position of Chief Financial Officer, with responsibility for accounting, controlling and tax. Thomas Groß has been a member of the Board of Managing Directors of Helaba since 2012 and the Deputy CEO since 2015.