FRANKFURT ¨C Twelve days into his job as co-CEO of Deutsche Bank AG, Anshu Jain stood beside Germany¡¯s finance minister and in front of video images of lush forests and rolling rivers as hundreds of businessmen sang the national anthem.
Jain, an Indian-born British citizen who built a career as a London-based investment banker and speaks little German, remained silent as guests gathered for his debut speech last June at Berlin¡¯s InterContinental hotel raised their voices in praise of the fatherland.
It was a moment that captured the 50-year-old banker¡¯s dilemma: While he works to keep Germany¡¯s biggest lender anchored in Europe¡¯s largest economy, many Germans see him as an outsider selling products they don¡¯t understand, Bloomberg Markets will report in its June issue.
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