Paul M. Achleitner (born 28 September 1956 in Linz) is an Austrian businessman who served as chairman of the supervisory board of Deutsche Bank[2] from 2012 to 2022.

[3] Achleitner studied Business Administration, Economics, Law and Social Sciences at the University of St. Gallen, where he also earned his doctorate.

[11] Through his time in office, he oversaw multiple CEO changes, including Anshu Jain (2012-2015), Jürgen Fitschen (2012-2016), John Cryan (2015-2018) and Christian Sewing (2018–2022).

[12] According to various surveys,[13] Achleitner was the highest paid supervisory board head at Germany's 30 biggest listed companies that make up the benchmark DAX index between 2016[14] and 2018.

[16] Achleitner is an honorary professor of the WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar, Germany, where he teaches a course in investment banking.