WestLB
WestLB AG is a European commercial and investment bank with roots in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s largest and economically most active federal state. With total assets of EUR 255 billion and around 5.200 employees as at June 30, 2009, it is one of Germany’s leading financial services providers.
We are the central institution for the savings banks in North Rhine-Westphalia and Brandenburg, and as an internationally operating commercial bank WestLB AG acts as their link to the global financial markets. Working in close partnership with the savings banks, WestLB offers the full range of products and services of a universal bank, building on the three pillars that define the bank’s business model: Capital Markets/Corporates/Structured Finance, Transaction Banking and Verbund/Mid Caps.
We are a financial partner to major corporations and companies as well as to institutional and public-sector clients, participating in all of the major and most active capital and wholesale banking markets in the world. And we are particularly strong in Germany where we have over 10 million customers on our doorstep and unparalleled access to businesses in North Rhine-Westphalia.
To cater to the needs of our business partners and deliver on our promise to provide optimal solutions and services, the bank embraces a matrix organisation defined by the product range of a universal bank and a sector approach. The bank’s core sectors are TMT, Health Care, Mobility, Energy as well as Consumers & Industrials.
As a corporation we have made strong commitments to the environment and to the communities we work in – and we really do care about the people who work for us. In fact they are what makes us different.
WestLB values individuality – we actively seek people with unique qualities to complement our already diverse workforce and we foster an inclusive, supportive work culture. Not only does this lead to a stimulating and creative environment, it enables us to offer our clients a better service. We hire people with drive and passion, and give them ample opportunity to be the best they can – this creates a special type of energy at WestLB. People work in small, tightly-knit teams where individuals don't get hemmed in by their job descriptions but can make a real contribution.
