CHRISTIAN NIESWANDT
Shipping - HEAD of INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS, HSH Nordbank AG
Born in 1959, Christian Nieswandt is Head of Interntational Clients with HSH Nordbank AG since 2004. He initially joined Landesbank Kiel‘s Shipping Department in 2002, where he was responsible for Scandinavian and domestic clients. After the merger of Landesbank Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, and Hamburgische Landesbank, Hamburg, in 6/2003 to HSH Nordbank AG, Mr. Nieswandt was appointed Head of Nordic Area Clients. Mr. Nieswandt began his career with Deutsche Bank as a trainee, taking over in 1988 as head of a DB branch where he was responsible for corporates and individual clients. From 1992 to 1995 he was responsible for developing and implementing a business development strategy for special target groups. From 1995 onwards he was responsible for attracting lending and ancillary businesses and presenting risk reports to DB credit committee. From 1998 to 2002 he worked with ABN AMRO being responsible for internationally operating clients.