Jana Donath

Jana Donath was born in Berlin in 1977. She studied economics at the University of Dresden, Constance, and Aberdeen from 1997 to 2002 before finishing her postgraduate studies with a master’s degree in economics from the University of Toronto, Canada, in 2003. She started her professional career with the international banking group ProCredit where, as a chief financial officer (CFO) she was part of the management team in Ecuador. In 2010, she moved back to Germany and assumed various financial management positions at the group level. She became the highest‐ranking finance professional of the ProCredit group in 2016 and was part of the management team. In 2013, ProCredit obtained a banking license in Germany and came under group supervision. Since 2016, ProCredit Holding has been listed at the Frankfurt Stock exchange (Prime Standard). In 2018, Jana Donath joined the SMBC group as Head of Finance for Continental Europe. The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has defined the group as a global, systemically important bank (G‐SIB). As part of the senior management team in Europe, Jana Donath assisted in the foundation of the new European headquarter in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Since 2020, Jana Donath has been a member of the Supervisory Board of the Company.