To ensure the stable and reliable operation of its payment processing and account management applications, the Bundesbank carries out a wide range of test activities with its customers.

Director General Strategy and Innovation

Director General Human Resources

Director General Cash Management

Director General Payments and Settlement Systems

Director General Information Technology

Director General Markets

Director General Controlling, Accounting and Organisation

The Eurosystem’s operational framework for implementing monetary policy comprises the general rules for Eurosystem monetary policy instruments and procedures, by means of which the ECB Governing Council’s decisions on the implementation of monetary policy in the euro area are enacted in a decentralised manner. The Eurosystem’s monetary policy operations are executed under uniform terms and conditions in all Member States. The Bundesbank is responsible for conducting the Eurosystem’s monetary policy operations with German counterparties.

Director General / Special Representative of the Executive Board, Member of the Budget Committee of the ECB

Director General Data and Statistics, Chief Data Officer

Director General Administration

Since September 2024: Director General Procurement

Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)