Diethart Breipohl

Diethart Breipohl (born 23 August 1939) is a German banker.

Early life and education Breipohl was born on 23 August 1939 in Königsberg.

Breipohl studied Business Administration and Law at the Universities of Hamburg, Münster and Tübingen, and is a Doctor of Law. His area of responsibility was divided into two posts: one of "Finance" (a traditional chief financial officer position, held by Paul Achleitner), and one of "Asset Management and Other Financial Services" (which deals with third-party asset-management for private clients, held by Joachim Faber). He had been part of the financial department of Allianz AG from 1991 to 1999,

Breipohl has been a Director of a large number of European companies. As Head of Group Finance at Allianz, Breipohl was designated by Euromoney as "Europe's biggest investor".

On 29 June 2003, the Società Metallurgica Italiana announced that Breipohl was the new chairman of the supervisory board of KME AG (a German industrial company wholly owned by GIM-SMI, an Italian group).

At the end of the Annual General Meeting of Atos Origin on 12 June 2008 (an event held in Paris), Breipohl tendered his resignation, as in accordance with an agreement signed with Centaurus Capital and Pardus Capital Management on 28 May 2008. In June 2008, Breipohl resigned from the Supervisory Board of Atos Origin.

An organization named the "Dr. Diethart Breipohl Asset Club", named after him, was founded in Munich on 2 December 1999.

Personal life Breipohl is married.