Burkhard Eckes started his career in 1986 in PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) before becoming a partner from 1986 till 2022. He is a graduate auditor and was the Banking&Capital Markets leader in EMEA focusing on development and implementing of banking strategies, regulatory requirements and practices, governance and compliance, risk management, reporting, ESG.

Mr. Eckes became a senior advisor of PwC Germany in 2022 and retired from PwC in 2023, and has since been serving as Board and committee member in several companies: actually he is Chair of the Audit Committee, Member of the Risk Committee and Member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee of Eurobank S.A. in Athens, Member of the Supervisory Board and Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Bank Pictet & Cie (Europe) AG in Frankfort. Mr. Eckes is also Vice Chair of the Audit Committee and the Risk Committee and member of the Remuneration Committee of Bayerische Landesbank in Munich. In May 2025, Mr. Eckes joined the Commercial International Bank - Egypt (CIB) Board of Directors as a non-executive, independent Board Member. Since July 2025 he is chairing the Audit Committee.