Ulrich W. Ellerbeck, Member of the Management Board, HSH Nordbank AG, Germany

Born June 16, 1952, Mr. Ellerbeck graduated with a degree in economics and joined Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein in 1980. He held executive positions in a number of departments before moving to Denmark in 1996 to expand the bank’s Scandinavian activities as General Manager of the Copenhagen branch. At the beginning of 2001 he joined Hamburgische Landesbank as the Director for Corporate and Financial Institutions clients. In 2003, Mr. Ellerbeck was appointed to the Management Board of Landesbank Schleswig- Holstein and has served as a member of the Management Board of HSH Nordbank since its foundation in June 2003. Mr. Ellerbeck is responsible for the Competence Centers Financial Institutions/Global Trade Finance, Corporate and Structured Finance, and Nordic Corporate Business.