Bundesbank: Philipp Nimmermann wird erster Grüner im Bundesbank-Vorstand
Vom Staatssekretär zum Bundesbank-Vorstand: Philipp Nimmermann bringt Erfahrung aus Energiepolitik und Finanzplatzförderung mit. Auch unter Ex-Wirtschaftsminister Robert Habeck war er im Einsatz.
Berlin - The first Green politician to join the Bundesbank's executive board is former Economic State Secretary Philipp Nimmermann. The Bundesrat voted for the 60-year-old economist to succeed Burkhard Balz, who resigned from the bank at the end of August. The Financial Committee had previously recommended the Bundesrat to appoint Nimmermann as Balz's successor.
The roles Nimmermann will take on within the six-member leadership team of the Deutsche Bundesbank will be determined by the bank's board once he takes up his position in Frankfurt. The economist had served as State Secretary in three ministries, most recently from 2023 to 2025 in the Federal Ministry of Economics under Minister Robert Habeck (Green), responsible for energy and climate policy.
Before that, Nimmermann, a native Berliner who grew up in Frankfurt, was responsible for promoting the Frankfurt financial center at the Hesse Ministry of Economics (2019-2023). His first political role was in the then-Green-led Finance Ministry in Schleswig-Holstein (2014-2019). Prior to his political career, Nimmermann worked for 15 years at the BHF Bank in Frankfurt, later becoming the chief economist of the institute.
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