Matthias Liermann

Chief Country Officer, Germany at DWS

Matthias Liermann is Chief Country Officer Germany DWS, Speaker of the Management Boards of DWS Investment GmbH and DWS International GmbH and a member of the Supervisory Board of DWS Investment S.A. Luxemburg.

He got elected as President of the German Fund Association, BVI, in September 2024.

Matthias is also Global Head of Product Management for liquid products in DWS Group since 2011. In this capability he is responsible globally for all fund platforms in DWS with regards to lifecycle management, i.e. maintenance/closure/merger of existing fund range, launch of new funds, for the product governance and supervision process and the seed money governance process. In addition, he has the responsibility for the contract management for institutional funds and mandates.

Matthias was an Associate at Freshfields, Bruckhaus & Deringer in Frankfurt between April 2000 and July 2003. In 2003, Matthias continued his career as the Head of the Legal Department for Private Investor Products at ABN Amro covering both Frankfurt and London. Afterwards Matthias was Head of Legal Structuring Structured Products and Member of the Board of DWS Finanz-Service GmbH in Frankfurt between January 2006 and November 2009. Before becoming Head of Global Product Platform Matthias was Global Head of Fund Platforms db-X in the Global Markets division of Deutsche Bank AG London from November 2009 to June 2011.

Matthias is a German qualified lawyer and received his PhD in Law from the University of Muenster in 2001.