Dr. Patrick Knust

Head Performance Management PWM

Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

About

Profitable Growth in Banking by developing and implementing pricing strategies, revenue & profitability improvement measures and value propositions has been my key focus in recent years. After PhD in "Controlling" (Prof. Dr. P. Horváth) I spent 6 years in Top Management Consulting with focus on implementation of Management Control concepts and supporting Private Equity firms. In 2006 I joint Deutsche Bank Wealth Management - Global Sales & Business Development. I had the chance to design and develop many key processes of a global wealth management unit: organizational set up, incentive systems, sales management processes, management control systems & reporting, several M&A transaction, cross-divisional process alignment, etc. Since 2014 my focus is on Price & Revenue Management and proposition development. In 2025 I started my new role at ODDO BHF - as Head of Performance Management. Since my PhD I never lost my passion for management literature - with focus on strategic business development.

Experience

  • Head Performance Management in Private Wealth Management (PWM) at ODDO BHF
    Jan 2025 - Present · 1 yr 7 mos

  • COO PPSS and Advisory & Sales IPB GY / Head of Performance Management IPB GY /Head WM Pricing at Deutsche Bank
    Mar 2023 - Jan 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Deutsche Bank (17 yrs 2 mos)
    • Global Head of Wealth Management Pricing (GPS)
      Apr 2015 - Sep 2023 · 8 yrs 6 mos

    • Director Business Development Wealth Management
      Aug 2006 - Apr 2015 · 8 yrs 9 mos

  • Project Manager at A.T. Kearney
    Jul 2001 - Aug 2006 · 5 yrs 2 mos

    Projektleiter in den Bereichen Private Equity, Performance Measurement, Controlling, Unternehmenssteuerung; Branchen: Private Equity, Telekommunikation, Bankwesen

  • Chefredakteur Zeitschrift "Controlling" at Universität Stuttgart / C.H. Beck Verlag
    Jul 1997 - Apr 2001 · 3 yrs 10 mos