Cologne-based private bank Sal Oppenheim, part of Deutsche Bank, has appointed Wolfgang Matis as chairman of its supervisory board. Matis is a member of the executive committee responsible for the asset and wealth management division of Deutsche Bank. He takes over from Dr Carsten Schildknecht, who leaves Deutsche Bank Group at the end of this month.

At the same time, Joachim Häger was appointed as a new supervisory board member. Häger is a member of Deutsche Bank's executive committee for the asset and wealth management division and has been head of private wealth management at Deutsche Bank since 2007. He is also chairman of the supervisory board of Wilhelm von Fink Deutsche Family Office.

In other news, Sal Oppenheim, recently named Dr Wolfgang Leoni as chairman of its executive board, effective from 1 April.