There is always harmony at Bankhaus Metzler, and the course is set for the very long term.

The latter is certainly correct, the former not always.

Not just because even the best of families get into trouble.

Partners from outside the family have also left the bank, which was founded in 1674, in disputes – and not too little.

So far, the Metzler culture has meant that there was no formally clear leader, but only an informal primus inter pares.

Soon, however, there will be a real board spokesman in Gerhard Wiesheu as Emmerich Müller's successor.

The native of Upper Bavaria and probably the best Japan connoisseur of his generation can be trusted to represent the bank in the financial center of Frankfurt in the best possible way.

Equipped with the insignia of the board spokesman, which is also due to Metzler's conversion from a partner structure to a stock corporation, Wiesheu also receives the necessary formal authority from the supervisory board to manage internally.

Even if Wiesheu's successor, Franz von Metzler, will soon be available on the board, Wiesheu is not a transitional candidate.

Rather, it shows that the twelfth generation of the Metzler banking dynasty is slowly and thoroughly prepared for every step on the way to the top management.