Hilmar Kopper is a German

Germany

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 banker and former Chairman of the Board of Deutsche Bank

Deutsche Bank

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 (1989-1997).

Kopper was born in Osłonino (Poland) to a Mennonite family

Vistula delta Mennonites

Vistula delta Mennonites settled in the delta of the Vistula between the late 16th century and 1945.-Origins:The Mennonite movement was founded by Menno Simons, a Dutch priest who left the Catholic Church in 1536 and became a leader within the Anabaptist movement...

, he was expelled after World War II

World War II

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 He was employed as a trainee in Deutsche Bank in 1954 and spent his whole career there. He became a board member in 1977, and after the terrorist murder of Alfred Herrhausen

Alfred Herrhausen

Alfred Herrhausen was a German banker and Chairman of Deutsche Bank. From 1971 onwards he was a member of the bank's board of directors....

 in 1989, he became Chairman. He chaired the supervisory board of DaimlerChrysler

DaimlerChrysler

Daimler AG is a German car corporation. By unit sales, it is the thirteenth-largest car manufacturer and second-largest truck manufacturer in the world. In addition to automobiles, Daimler manufactures buses and provides financial services through its Daimler Financial Services arm...

 from 1998 to 2007. He is a member of the steering committee of the Bilderberg Conference. He is also a jury member of the Franz Werfel Human Rights Award

Franz Werfel Human Rights Award

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.

Since 2003, he is married to Brigitte Seebacher-Brandt, the third wife of Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt

Willy Brandt, born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm , was a German politician, Mayor of West Berlin 1957–1966, Chancellor of West Germany 1969–1974, and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany 1964–1987....

. His son is the historian Christopher Kopper.

Publications

• Die Bank lebt nicht vom Geld allein. Beiträge zu Kultur und Gesellschaft 1994–1997. herausgegeben von Brigitte Seebacher-Brandt, Piper Verlag, München 1997, 144 S., ISBN 3-492-22584-5.