Joachim Faber (born 10 May 1950 in Gießen) is a German lawyer and business executive.
Faber worked for 14 years in various positions for Citicorp in Frankfurt and London.
He then joined Allianz in 1997, serving as the founding CEO of Allianz Global Investors for 12 years from 2000, during which period he built it into one of the world’s biggest asset managers, with around 1.5 trillion euros ($2 trillion) under management, by the time he retired in December 2011.
[2] Faber has been serving as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of German Stock Exchange Group since May 2012,[3][4] succeeding Manfred Gentz.
[5] By 2017, he was criticized by investors for the failed 2016 merger with the London Stock Exchange and a compensation program awarded to Carsten Kengeter who resigned as chief executive in October 2017.