Rainer Neske

Rainer Neske is a German banker and business executive. He has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) since 2016.

Early life and education Neske studied computer science and business administration at the University of Karlsruhe and graduated in 1990.

Career Deutsche Bank (1990–2015) Neske joined Deutsche Bank in 1990 and initially held management roles, including positions connected to the bank’s retail and business-client activities.

Coverage of his early tenure at LBBW focused on strategy and repositioning priorities. Euromoney described the bank’s strategy under the “new chief executive” and discussed its corporate and international ambitions, as well as capital-markets and fintech themes.

In 2020, regional press reported a contract extension that would keep Neske in office until 2026 and associated his tenure with pushing forward internal transformation themes such as digitisation.

In a 2019 interview, Süddeutsche Zeitung described Neske as head of Germany’s largest Landesbank and noted his 2016 move from Deutsche Bank to the publicly owned LBBW in Stuttgart.

In July 2025, multiple outlets reported that LBBW’s supervisory board extended Neske’s contract by a further five years, through 30 June 2031; LBBW also published a press release confirming the extension.

Other activities Neske holds several external appointments. He is a member of the board of the Association of German Public Banks (VÖB).

He is a member of the advisory board of Deutsche Vermögensberatung (DVAG). He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and is listed as its deputy chair. He is chairman of the Board of Trustees of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.

He is a member of the supervisory board of Save the Children Germany. He is chair of the Board of Trustees of the Friends of the Alte Oper Frankfurt.