We are committed to creating a working environment where women thrive and have set gender diversity goals to hold ourselves accountable. Our ’35 by 25' program aims for at least 35% women in our top ranks by the end of 2025. ‘35 by 25’ is sponsored by our top senior management and comprises multiple impact-oriented initiatives including making hiring practices and career development more equitable. In 2024 and for the sixth year in a row, Deutsche Bank was listed in the Times Top 50 Employers for Women in the UK for addressing gender inequality in the workplace.

The bank has several talent programs designed to develop our high potential employees, including the Accomplished Top Leaders Advancement Strategy (ATLAS) program for high-performing Managing Director women, Women Global Leaders (WGL) Director acceleration program, and the Schneider-Lenné Cadre for senior women role models.

Globally, employees can join one of our Employee Resource Groups focused on advancing gender equity at the bank.”

LGBTQI+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex) inclusion is an important priority for the bank. We take strong public advocacy positions, engage in meaningful conversations with a variety of leaders around the world, and support our LGBTQI+ colleagues and their loved ones. Our strategic partnerships with PROUT AT WORK Foundation, Partnership for Global LGBTI Equality and Open For Business actively foster our contribution to advancing LGBTQI+ inclusion.

The bank has been recognized for its work supporting LGBTQI+ people, including being awarded Golden Employer in the India Workplace Equality Index, platinum status in the AWEI Australian LGBTIQ Inclusion Awards, the German Max Spohr Prize twice, and being named in Stonewall’s Top 100 list in the UK for the fourth year running. We have received high scores on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index every year since 2003.

Our LGBTQI+ Employee Resource Group, dbPride, hosts a wealth of events, ranging from personal “Coffee & Connects” to major Pride marches in New York, Frankfurt and Berlin to celebrate pride and progress. Rebecca Short and Fabrizio Campelli, members of the Management Board, sponsor dbPride and engage with our chapters globally.