Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Reittinger

Personal Details

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang J. Reittinger studied Business Administration at the University of Munich and graduated with a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann). In 1982, he earned his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in the field of Auditing (on the topic The Audit of the Management Report) while working as a research assistant.
He then worked at KPMG until 1985 and was appointed as a certified tax advisor in 1984.
Until 1991, Mr. Reittinger served as Managing Director and Partner specializing in Financial Planning for high-net-worth clients at the Matuschka Group in Munich.
From 1991 to 2002, he held various senior roles in Private Banking as Director and Managing Director within the Commerzbank Group in Frankfurt/Main. In 1997, he became a Certified Financial Planner, and in 2001 a Certified Foundation and Estate Planner.
From 2003 to 2006, Mr. Reittinger was Executive Director for Wealth Planning at UBS Deutschland AG; during this time, he was also active in Zurich for UBS.
From 1997 to 2007, he was a founding member and Chairman of the Board of the FPSB Financial Planning Standards Board Germany. From 2011 to 2017, he served again on the board of FPSB Germany, acting as Treasurer.
In 2007, he joined HypoVereinsbank AG (now UniCredit Bank) in Munich, where he headed the "Products and Services" division within Wealth Management. In 2009, he assumed this role at the European level for UniCredit Group in Milan, with responsibility across all countries in the division.
From early 2011 to early 2020, he was a full-time Professor of Private Banking / Wealth Management at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management. In addition to his teaching role at Frankfurt School, he worked as editor of academic books, especially in Private Banking, as program director for academic and certificate programs, and as a project coordinator in the Bachelor of Arts program.
From 2011 to 2016, he was Chairman of the Standards and Qualification Committee of EFPA (European Financial Planning Association), Europe.
From 2019 to 2022, he was a member of the Professional Standards Committee of the FPSB Financial Planning Standards Board Ltd., Denver.
Since March 2020, he has been working as a freelance lecturer for the Frankfurt School.