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Christian Lindner joins the Boerse Stuttgart Group Advisory Council

Capital Markets Union, digitalization and European competitiveness: Boerse Stuttgart Group expands its top-class Advisory Council with Christian Lindner.
News by Marc Nemitz Marc Nemitz · Stuttgart, 26. May 2026

The Boerse Stuttgart Group has added Christian Lindner to its newly founded international Advisory Council. The former Federal Minister of Finance will advise the exchange group on strategic issues relating to capital market development, digitalization and European competitiveness.

High-caliber advisory board

The Advisory Council brings together leading personalities from the financial sector, politics, technology and business. In addition to Christian Lindner, the members of the committee include

  • Massimo Giordano, former Managing Partner Europe at McKinsey & Company
  • Enrico Letta, former Italian Prime Minister
  • Sylvie Matherat, former board member of Deutsche Bank
  • Fleur Pellerin, former French Digital Minister and CEO of Korelya Capital
  • Axel Weber, former President of the Bundesbank and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of UBS
  • Ron Zuckerman, international technology investor

The committee will support the management of the stock exchange group as a strategic sparring partner and provide impetus for the further development of the European capital market.

Capital markets union and digital transformation

The Boerse Stuttgart Group sees the Advisory Council as an important building block for further expanding its position as an innovation leader in the European capital market.

Europe needs strong and innovative capital market players that combine technological progress with regulatory excellence

Matthias Voelkel, CEO of the Boerse Stuttgart Group

Lindner brings political experience, international networking and a deep understanding of the challenges and opportunities of European capital markets.

Christian Lindner (FDP) (Photo: Federal Ministry of Finance/Phototek)

Lindner: Europe needs a modern capital market infrastructure

Christian Lindner sees the Boerse Stuttgart Group as an important player in the modernization of the European financial system.

The Boerse Stuttgart Group is actively shaping the European capital market of the future

Christian Lindner, Member Advisory Council Boerse Stuttgart Group

The Boerse Stuttgart Group combines traditional capital market business with digital technologies and has a clear European focus. Especially against the background of the planned European Capital Markets Union, these are decisive prerequisites for future growth.

Strategic importance for the stock exchange group

Lindner's appointment underlines the Boerse Stuttgart Group's ambition to further expand its role in the digitalization of the capital market. Today, the company is one of the most active European stock exchange players in the field of digital assets and blockchain-based financial market infrastructure.

With the Advisory Council, the exchange group is bringing additional expertise on board to actively shape the next phase of growth and the development of a more integrated European capital market.


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