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Martin Murtfeld

Martin Murtfeld(* January 12, 1935, in Frankfurt/Main) is a Germanbanker and sponsor of international cultural interchange

1.Career

Studied economics, banking, public finance and statistics at Goethe-University Frankfurt/Main, master and doctoral degrees. Postgraduate studies at Institut des Sciences Politiques, Paris.

1961 Credit institution for reconstruction (Reconstruction Loan Corporation) Frankfurt/Main, development finance and balance of payment loans for Southern Europe, South East Asia, and Latin America. Technical assistance for the establishment of promotional banks, e.g. Singapore. Member of government delegations and of the Interministerial Committee for Capital Aid, Bonn.

1971 Deutsche Bank Head Office Frankfurt/Main. Member of the Executive Committee for the International Commercial Banking with group business responsibility for the Near East, Africa, and Latin America, lateron risk management, financial institutions and country risks world-wide. 1982 member of the International Advisory Group for  the foreign debt of Mexico, followed by Brazil. Chaired 1991/2 the „London Club“ for Bulgaria.  Served in committees at the United Nations, the Institute of International Finance Inc. (IIF) Washington D.C., the International Chamber of Commerce Paris and as an expert for the Interministerial Committee for Direct Investment Guarantees, Bonn. Member of the boards of directors of the London-based joint venture banks for Brazil, Mexico, and Saudi-Arabia, as well as Fondo México, a fund for shares.

After having been named as the candidate of the Federal Government of Germany, Murtfeld was elected First Vice Governor of Council of Europe Development Bank, Paris, starting 1995. The mandate was directed towards the reorganization of the asset and liability businesses, treasury, risk management, and audit in order to ensure sustainability and a reputation of excellence for the institution within the International Financial Community and with the Rating Agencies (Triple AAA).

Since 2002 advisory work upon initiatives of International Institutions on corporate governance (China), and systemic issues of real estate finance (Serbia, Ukraine). Lecturer at Institute for Banking and Finance of free Universität Berlin for „Rating“ (Winter Semester 2002/3) and „Banking Aspects of International Financial Institutions“ (Winter Semester 2004/5). Occasional lectures on financial markets, real estate finance, and European integration.

2. Decorations Received

• 1972 Comendador, Orden de San Carlos (Colombia)
• 1975 Oficial, Ordem de Rio Branco (Brazil)
• 1999 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur (France)
• 2001 Federal Cross of Merit First Class (Germany)

3. Publications (selection)

• Interesting markets for asset export. KfW in Latin America. In: Overseas Rundschau. 23rd year, Issue 1/2, 1971
• Strategies in international commercial business. In: The bank. 1987
• The World Bank's cooperation with commercial banks. In: 'The World Bank. German Society for the United Nations. ' Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-927192-00-7
• The role of private banks in the debt reduction process. In: International Monetary System and Global Economic Development (= Edition Dräger Foundation, Volume 12). Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden 1988, ISBN 3-7890-1651-9
• with Henry T. Azzam: Promotion of Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Financing in the Arab Gulf States. In: German companies in the Arab Gulf States. Schaeffer Verlag, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-8202-0596-9
• Financing Social Projects in Support of Convergence. In: Global Monetary and Economic Convergence. On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Marshall Plan. Robert Triffin-Szirak Foundation. Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 1998, ISBN 1-84014-541-2
• Corporate Governance Ratings. In: RATING aktuell. Issue 05/2003, Bank-Verlag, Cologne 2003
• For housing finance from a commercial bank perspective. UN-HABITAT and European Bausparkassenvereinigung. Berlin. www.eubv2004.com/.../5_02_Murtfeld_ Statement.pdf
• Thoughts on "Europe" - Lecture in Baden-Baden on April 14, 2014. https://www.wguth.uni-freiburg.de/forschung/data/data/wgsp_dp_2014_01.pdf
• TV-Interview by Mr. Faisal Islam, Economics Editor, Channel 4 News, London, In: The 1 trillion mark note – symbol of Germany’s fears.gesendet 12. November 2011. Zitiert in: Faisal Islam: The Default Line.Head of Zeus Ltd., London 2013, ISBN 9781781854105, S. 298, 312 f.

4. Cultural Involvement

Martin Murtfeld defends the image of the universal banker who considers general well-being and culture in his activities. Together with his spouse Margarethe, an art collector and former gallerist, he had a focus on painters and musicians from Brazil, Central and Eastern Europe and as of late from France.

5. References

• Together with Margarethe Murtfeld: Kveta Pacovská - Open Space. Fondation M. von Cronenbold / Benteli Verlag, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-7165-1251-6.
• Together with Margarethe Murtfeld: Découverte et engagement - Un témoignage personnel. In: Hélène de Beauvoir. Artist and dedicated contemporary. Musée Würth France Erstein. Swiridoff Verlag 2018, ISBN 978-3-89929-357-9, p 13-15
• Zur Fotografin und Soziologin Gisèle Freund: alumni-initiative-kunstpaedagogik.blogspot.com/.../12...;„Flashes of the Future – Die Kunst der 68er...“ Ludwig Forum Aachen 2018, S. 461-3, ISBN 978-3-8389-7172-8
• Die Anfänge mit Pavarotti und Rostropovich.In: Festschrift zum 30jährigen Bestehen der Gesellschaft der Freunde der Alten Oper Frankfurt.Hg. Alte Oper Frankfurt 2014, S. 25–27
• Martin et Margarethe Murtfeld, passeurs de culture.www.fafapourleurope.fr/wp-content/.../Lettre-AFDMA-04-16.pdf

1. Interesting markets for asset export. KfW in Latin America. In: Übersee Rundschau 23. Issue 1/2, 1971.
2. Held and broken promises | To tap into the benefits of ratings. Accessed on 24th October 2018.
3. Květa Pacovská: open space. Paris, ISBN 3-7165-1251-6.
4. Lukas Gedziorowski: The Beginnings of a Great Photographer - Exhibition Gisèle Freund - May 1, 1932. In: Journal Frankfurt. (journal-frankfurt.de [retrieved on 24 October 2018]).
5. Marie-France Bertrand, Carmen Sylvia Weber, Musée Würth (Erstein, Bas-Rhin) .: Hélène de Beauvoir: artist and dedicated contemporary: [exposition, Erstein, Musée Würth, 30.01 - 09.09.2018]. Erstein (Musée Würth), ISBN 978-3-89929-357-9.