Gerhard Engler (pictured left)  After completing a banking apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank AG, Gerhard studied law at the Universities of Bochum and Bonn and passed his bar exam in Munich in 1991. After completing a trainee program with a focus on corporate finance at Deutsche Bank AG in Essen, he subsequently worked in private wealth management.  In 1994, he moved to Dresdner Bank AG headquarters in Frankfurt where he was responsible for the business development with affluent clients. Starting in 1997, he built up the business division for pension management at Dresdner Bank asset management (DIT/dbi).  In 2000, Gerhard became head of the division Corporates/Pensions at UBS Global Asset Management. His experience in the area of company pension strategies led him to FRANKFURT-TRUST in early 2006.  Gerhard belongs to the management board of FRANKFURT-TRUST and is responsible for the entire institutional business.

Winfried Hutmann (pictured centre) After his studies in economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and a short period at the market research company G&I Forschungs-gemeinschaft für Marketing, Winfried began his career in 1979 at Schröder Münchmeyer Hengst In-vestment GmbH in Frankfurt. Up until the company was taken over by UBS AG, he acted as managing director of SMH Research GmbH and afterward became managing director at UBS Invest Kapita-lanlagegesellschaft mbH responsible for portfolio management.  Since September 2002, Winfried be-longs to the management board of FRANKFURT-TRUST and heads fund management.

Karl Stäcker (pictured right)  From 1979 to 1984 Karl studied economics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. In October 1984 he joined the economics department of the BHF-BANK and initially covered the areas financial markets, monetary policy and business activity.  Starting in 1988, he headed the group financial and currency markets. In 1990, Karl joined FRANK-FURT-TRUST and became responsible for the marketing and sales of the mutual fund products. In 2002, Karl became speaker of the management board.