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Jörg Kukies
Former Federal Minister of Finance of Germany | Former Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany & Austria | Ex-Chancellery State Secretary & G7/G20 Sherpa | Economist
Dr. Jörg Kukies is one of few leaders to have operated at the top of both global finance and national government. A former German Federal Minister of Finance, ex-Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany, and a former G7 and G20 sherpa to Chancellor Scholz, he brings a rare dual-lens view of how markets and policy shape one another. On stage, he offers an authoritative, insider's read on the global economy and where it's heading.
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Jörg Kukies biography
Dr. Jörg Kukies is one of very few leaders who has operated at the highest levels of both global finance and national government, giving him a rare dual-lens view of how markets and political decisions shape one another. A former Federal Minister of Finance of Germany and a former Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany, he has sat on both sides of the table where economic policy is made, and can translate the forces moving the global economy into terms any audience can act on.
The finance speaker Jörg Kukies served as Germany’s Federal Minister of Finance from November 2024 to May 2025, appointed at a pivotal moment for Europe’s economic direction. Before that he spent three years as State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery, responsible for economic, financial, climate, and European policy, and served as Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s personal sherpa at the G7 and G20 summits, placing him at the center of the world’s most important economic negotiations. Earlier, he was a State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2018.
From Goldman Sachs to the Heart of German Economic Policy
Before entering government, Kukies built a seventeen-year career at Goldman Sachs across London and Frankfurt, rising to Co-Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs Germany and Austria after leading the firm’s equities and equity-derivatives businesses in Europe. That combination, deep capital-markets expertise paired with senior government experience, is genuinely rare. He holds a degree in economics from the Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris, a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School, where he studied as a McCloy Scholar, and a PhD in Finance from the University of Chicago. He is known for making complex financial and economic issues genuinely understandable to non-specialist audiences.
As a speaker, Jörg Kukies offers audiences an authoritative, insider’s read on the global economy and the decisions shaping it. He speaks on the outlook for the global and European economy, financial markets, regulation, and geopolitics, the future of Europe’s competitiveness and economic policy, and leadership at the intersection of business and government. Audiences gain a clear, senior-level understanding of the economic forces defining the years ahead, from someone who has helped steer them.
Jörg Kukies Speaking Videos
LIVE: Germany's finance minister speaks at World Economy Summit
Frankfurt Finance Summit 2018 - Keynote with Dr. Jörg Kukies
Jörg Kukies Keynote Topics
Few people have read the global economy from as privileged a vantage point as a former finance minister and Goldman Sachs executive. Kukies gives audiences a clear, authoritative assessment of where the world economy is heading, the major risks and opportunities on the horizon, and how markets, inflation, debt, and growth are likely to interact, insight grounded in both market experience and government decision-making.
Europe faces profound questions about its economic future, competitiveness, energy, industrial strategy, and its place between the United States and China. Drawing on his time at the center of German and European economic policy, Kukies explores the challenges and choices facing the continent, and what businesses and investors should understand about the direction Europe is likely to take.
Kukies has sat on both sides of the table, as a senior banker and as a policymaker, which gives him an unusually complete view of how political decisions move markets and how markets constrain politics. He explains how regulation, fiscal policy, and geopolitics actually get made and how they ripple through the financial system, helping leaders anticipate rather than merely react to policy change.
Having led at the top of both a global investment bank and a national finance ministry, Kukies reflects on leadership across two very different worlds, and what each can learn from the other. He shares lessons on decision-making under pressure, navigating complexity and crisis, and leading effectively when the stakes are measured in national and economic consequences.
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Why Jörg Kukies?
Booking Dr. Jörg Kukies gives audiences a genuinely rare perspective, a leader who has been both Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany and Federal Minister of Finance of Germany. Very few speakers can move so fluently between the worlds of capital markets and government, and fewer still have served as a G7 and G20 sherpa at the center of global economic negotiations. He offers senior audiences an authoritative, insider's read on the economy, financial markets, European policy, and geopolitics, and he is known for making complex material genuinely clear. Credible, high-level, and internationally minded, he is ideal for events on finance, economics, Europe, and global affairs. To bring Jörg Kukies to your next event, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
Who is Jörg Kukies?
Dr. Jörg Kukies is a German economist, former investment banker, and policy leader who served as Germany's Federal Minister of Finance from November 2024 to May 2025. Before entering government he spent seventeen years at Goldman Sachs, rising to Co-CEO of Goldman Sachs Germany and Austria. He served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance from 2018, then as State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery from 2021, where he was Chancellor Olaf Scholz's G7 and G20 sherpa. He holds degrees from the Panthéon-Sorbonne in Paris, the Harvard Kennedy School, and a PhD in finance from the University of Chicago.
What was Jörg Kukies's role in the German government?
Jörg Kukies held several senior economic policy roles in the German government. From 2018 to 2021 he was a State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance, and from 2021 to 2024 a State Secretary in the Federal Chancellery, responsible for economic, financial, climate, and European policy and serving as Chancellor Olaf Scholz's personal representative (sherpa) at G7 and G20 summits. In November 2024 he was appointed Federal Minister of Finance, a position he held until a new government took office in May 2025 following the federal election. Throughout, he was a central figure in shaping Germany's economic and financial policy.
What topics does finance speaker Jörg Kukies cover?
Jörg Kukies speaks on the outlook for the global and European economy, financial markets, regulation and geopolitics, Europe's competitiveness and economic future, and leadership at the intersection of business and government. His keynotes suit events on finance, economics, European affairs, global affairs, and business leadership. To book Jörg Kukies as a speaker, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau.
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