Remembering Hilmar Kopper, German banker who exemplified the 1990s
Friday 19 November 2021 – Vol.12 Ed.46.5
Obituary: Hilmar Kopper, a giant of European banking
By John Orchard and Clive Horwood
Hilmar Kopper epitomised a bygone era of European banking. The former head of Deutsche Bank, who died last week at the age of 86, was a gentleman banker to his core. He ran Deutsche in the 1990s, when it was the bank that all others watched and many feared. He saw his own tenure not as a means of wealth...