Mr Krafft was appointed to his current role as Chief Financial Officer of Mizuho Securities Europe GmbH, in Frankfurt in December 2018.

More recently, Mr Krafft was Director Finance – Head of Capital Adequacy at Mizuho International in London. Prior to joining Mizuho, Mr Krafft was a Senior Manager at Macquarie Group in London for more than six years holding the positions of Head of Regulatory Reporting EMEA and Head of Product Control Germany. Together with his time at Sal. Oppenheim, Mr Krafft has almost 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry within a wide range of functions including leadership roles in Product Control and Regulatory Reporting and experience in Risk Management.

Mr Krafft holds a Master of Science in theoretical Physics and is a Professional Risk Manager (PRM) certified by PRMIA