Burkhard Eckes

Burkhard Eckes joined Commercial International Bank's Board of Directors in June 2025 as an independent non-executive member, and assumed the chair of the Audit Committee in July 2025. He holds an MBA from the University of Saarland (1986) and became a Certified Public Auditor (German Wirtschaftsprüfer) in 1996.

Eckes served for more than 30 years at PwC, where he was Banking & Capital Markets (BCM) Leader in EMEA and member of the Global BCM Leadership Team, focusing on development and implementation of banking strategies, regulatory requirements and practices, governance and compliance, risk management, reporting, accounting, and ESG. He became a senior advisor of PwC Germany in 2022 and retired from PwC in 2023.

Career history

• Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Risk Committee and Member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee at Eurobank S.A., Athens (current)
• Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Risk Committee at Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG, Frankfurt (current)
• Chair of the Audit Committee, Vice Chair of the Risk Committee and member of the Nomination Committee at Bayerische Landesbank, Munich (current)
• EMEA BCM Leader and member of the EMEA Financial Services Leadership Team (2017-2022) at PwC
• German BCM Leader and member of the German Financial Services Leadership Team (2009-2018) at PwC

What Burkhard Eckes could bring to his independent non-executive role at CIB: Three decades of banking audit and advisory experience, combined with his current leadership of audit and risk committees at major European financial institutions (Eurobank, Bank Pictet, Bayerische Landesbank), positions him to strengthen CIB's governance, audit oversight, and regulatory compliance frameworks. His deep expertise in banking transformation, regulatory requirements across EMEA, and relationships with supervisory authorities including the European Central Bank could provide valuable perspectives as CIB navigates Egyptian regulatory environments and international banking standards.

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