DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA announced its CFO, Claire Peel, informed the company at the end of May 2023 that she is planning to resign from her mandate on the DWS Executive Board towards the end of the third quarter of 2023. The shareholders of DWS Management GmbH has since launched a succession process to appoint a new CFO for DWS in a timely manner.

This process includes both internal candidates and the search for new external candidates. Claire Peel, who has been CFO of DWS since 2018, will fulfill her role until she leaves to ensure an orderly handover.