 He worked in the bank's Düsseldorf branch from 1966 to 1968 before moving to the New York branch, where he worked from 1968 to 1973.In 1973, the bank appointed him manager of the Düsseldorf branch and from 1977 to 1982, he took on the role of co-manager of the Duisburg branch.He then went on to work as the co-manager of the branch in New York from 1982 to 1986.