Germany’s development bank KfW names new Chief Sustainability Officer
Jürgen Kern joined the bank in 2007 and was most recently Director of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability.
German state-owned investment and development bank KfW has created a new department to strengthen its focus on sustainability strategy. Jürgen Kern will head it as the bank’s new Chief Sustainability Officer.
Kern is a KfW veteran, having joined the bank in 2007 and worked in its Brazilian office for four years. He went back to Germany in 2014 to head the energy and transport division before being appointed Director of Corporate Strategy and Sustainability in 2018.
