Dr. Michael Diederich

Senior Advisor

Munich

Dr. Michael Diederich is 65 Equity Partners’ Senior Advisor for the DACH region (Germany, Switzerland, Austria).

Michael is currently Executive Vice-Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of FC Bayern München AG. Prior to this he had a long and distinguished career in corporate and investment banking at HypoVereinsbank and UniCredit, latterly as CEO of UniCredit Bank AG (Germany) and a member of the bank’s Group Executive Committee in Milan. In his various roles Michael has been a trusted adviser and friend to numerous Mittelstand entrepreneurs in his native Germany and beyond.

Michael holds a PhD in economics from Tomas Bata University and an MBA from Northwestern University and began his career at an auditing firm.

He is based in Munich.