[1] Sewing was the head of Deutsche Bank's audit division during its $10 billion money-laundering scandal involving its Moscow operations.

Sewing first worked in the branches of Deutsche Bank as a 19-year-old trainee in Bielefeld[6] and Hamburg, then as a junior corporate client advisor in Toronto, as Chief Credit Officer in Japan, and six years as a risk manager in London.

[11] After his first year, his 7 million euro compensation made him one of the best paid chief executives in European banking.

[9] As of September, Christian will spend 15% of his monthly net salary buying the German lender's shares as part of his efforts to revive the bank's profitability.

[3] Sewing now emphasizes hiring nice people who will propagate a good culture and be kind to junior staff.

In March 2022, Ben Darsney, Ravi Raghunathan, Brandon Sun, and Daniel Gaona were exposed for trying to expense strip club nights out as legitimate business visits.

Brandon Sun attempted to cover up the incident, but the bankers were let go for violating the Company Code of Conduct.