Members of the Executive Board
Dr. Peter Jänsch (Chairman)
Graduate in Business Management, MBA (GB)
After completing his studies in business administration, Dr. Jänsch earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) at Bradford University, England, and received his doctorate in economics at the University of Brunswick, Germany. Dr. Peter Jänsch was co-founder of GFKL in 1992 and, since then, has widely shaped the company’s development. With the transformation of the company into a stock corporation, Dr. Jänsch was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of GFKL Financial Services AG in 1997. As a member of the Executive Board, Dr. Jänsch is responsible for the Credit sector as well as for the group-wide business development, legal affairs, and corporate communications/investor relations.
Jürgen Baltes
Graduate in Business Management
Jürgen Baltes acquired a degree in economics at the University of Cologne and, after having been employed at the AXA Group for three years, moved to Gothaer Group in 1984. Group-wide responsibility for human resources was assigned to Jürgen Baltes, followed by appointments as chief information officer (CIO) and general executive for business administration and IT infrastructure. From 1996 to 2000, Jürgen Baltes was a member of the Executive Board of Gothaer Group, where he took over responsibility for credit insurance and private client business. From 2000 to 2006, Jürgen Baltes was chairman of the Board of ABIT AG. In October 2005, Jürgen Baltes was appointed member of the Executive Board of GFKL. At GFKL, he is responsible for the sectors Software and Collection (non-banking clients) as well as for human resources and cost management.
Dr. Till Ergenzinger
Graduate in Business Management
After completing his apprenticeship with Dresdner Bank AG, Dr. Till Ergenzinger studied Business Administration at the University of Münster. Besides his assistant activity at the Bankseminar of Prof. Büschgen at the University of Cologne, he received his doctorate for a thesis on leasing. After six years as a management consultant, his last position being at A.T. Kearney, Dr. Ergenzinger joined GFKL in 2002 and took over responsibility for finance and treasury. In February 2003, Dr. Ergenzinger was appointed member of the Executive Board of GFKL. As member of the Executive Board he is responsible for finance/treasury, accounting/taxes, controlling/riskmanagement, corporate governance/compliance and organization/service center.
Dr. Tom Haverkamp
Graduate in Computer Science, Chartered Financial Analyst
After studying Computer Science at the Technische Universität in Munich, Dr. Tom Haverkamp obtained his doctorate degree at the Swiss Institute of Banking and Finance at Hochschule St. Gallen. Dr. Haverkamp is a qualified Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and member of the CFA Institute. Following an employment at the consultancy division of Arthur Andersen & Co. Unternehmensberatung and managing the Equities business for the J.P. Morgan’s Asset Management division in Frankfurt, he joined the Executive Board of GFKL Financial Services AG in 1998, where he is responsible for the Collection (banking) and Systems sectors as well as for the group-wide function of IT infrastructure, IT development, internal audit and data protection.
