介意差距：Breuer指向Viermetz

Deutsche Bšrse's failed bid for the London Stock Exchange earlier this year revealed a yawning culture gap between Germany's consensus-oriented management style and the activism of U.S. and British investors, who blocked the offer and forced the resignation of CEO Werner Seifert and supervisory board head Rolf Breuer. So it's fitting that the candidate likely to replace Breuer -- at Breuer's urging -- has plenty of experience on both sides of the Atlantic.

Kurt Viermetz, 66, spent more than 30 years at J.P. Morgan in Frankfurt, New York and Paris, including a decadelong stint as vice chairman in the '90s, before becoming the first chairman of the thennewly merged HVB Group in 1999. That experience should help him heal the rift between the bourse and its Anglo-American shareholders, say people who have worked with him. "He knows the two cultures very well," says Lutz Raettig, chairman of Morgan Stanley's German operations.

viermetz上个月坐在交易所的监事会上，另外三名被任命的人：前高盛萨克斯投资银行家理查德海登，Exwestlb董事会成员Gerhard Roggemann和德国保守派立法者Friedrich Merz。Merz也是Christopher Hohn，该顾问在美国投资基金（TCI）管理伙伴，U.K.对冲基金，导致伦敦投标的反抗。viermetz预计将取代前德意志银行BOSS BREER，当董事会在新董事长票时，他们已经留在看守角色。该投票没有设定日期。

TCI拒绝评论Viermetz的任命，但有些观察者担心他是传统主义，以改善交易所的股东责任。“如果你不想改变太多，那么他是合适的家伙，”一个退休的巴伐利亚主管说。

viermetz告诉机构投资者亚博赞助欧冠，交易所“应该在欧洲的整合过程中发挥作用”，但他拒绝更具体。他还驳回他太老了的建议。“我几乎没有灰色的头发，”他笑了。