Deutsche Boerse Said to Favor UniCredit's Weimer for CEO
- CEO Kengeter to resign on Dec. 31 after insider-trading probe
- Weimer, head of UniCredit’s German unit, may be named in days
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Theodor Weimer, the head of UniCredit SpA’s German unit, is the lead candidate to succeed Carsten Kengeter as Deutsche Boerse AG’s chief executive officer, according to people familiar with the plans.
Weimer, a 57-year-old Goldman Sachs Group Inc. alumnus, may be named in the coming days, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing an internal matter. A final decision hasn’t been made and other candidates are still in the running, they said. The supervisory board’s nomination committee is set to meet this week to discuss the CEO succession, one of the people said. A Deutsche Boerse representative declined to comment.