Dr. Marcus Kleiner studied Politics, History, Economic History and Economics at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Tübingen from which he graduated with a Masters degree in 1985. Thereafter he worked as an assistant at the University in Munich and published a study on the subject “Regional economic promotion in Bavaria” for which he was awarded a doctor´s degree.
In his capacity as Head of Transportation and PPP within Project & Commodity Finance in UniCredit’s Markets & Investment Banking, Dr. Kleiner has an indepth knowledge of Project Finance business and has been responsible for a range of prestigious arranger mandates like the Athens ring road, Ankara, Antalya and Istanbul Airports, acquisition of VTG or ZPR, Germany’s first kraft pulp mill.
Employment Record:
• 1997 – present Head of Transportation and PPP, Project and Asset Based Finance, HypoVereinsbank, Munich
• 1993-1996 Vice President, Global Project Finance Department, Bayerische Vereinsbank AG,
Munich
• 1991-1992 Credit Officer, Credit Department, Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, Munich
• 1989-1991 Press Department, Bayerische Vereinsbank AG, Munich
UniCredit Group
With a presence in 22 European countries, approximately 177,000 employees, more than 10,000 branches and 40 million customers, UniCredit Group provides a powerful combination of distribution and production capabilities as well as the full spectrum of financial services, financial products and investment vehicles.
The Markets & Investment Banking Division is the competence centre for all financial markets and investment banking activities across UniCredit Group's legal entities. It is an integral part of UniCredit Group, leveraging off the existing Group platform and client franchises serving as the Group's access to the capital markets. The combination of the investment banking businesses of Bayerische Hypo- und Vereinsbank AG, UniCredit Bank Austria AG (former Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG) and former Capitalia S.A. results in a highly complementary international investment banking platform and is one of the oldest investment banking networks in Emerging Europe.
As a regional specialist, the Division offers fully-fledged investment banking services in UniCredit Group's 22 core countries supported by an international platform of core competence products including Acquisition & Leveraged Finance, Project Finance, Structured Commodity Finance, Capital Markets, M&A, Principal Investments, Structured Derivatives, Rates, FX, Equities, and Research. As a centralised product factory, the Division directly coordinates the Markets & Investment Banking business globally. Additionally, it has direct client responsibility for financial sponsors and financial institutions across the Group.