Dr. Thomas Book

Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Börse AG
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Dr. Thomas Book is a Member of the Executive Board at Deutsche Börse Aktiengesellschaft, a position he has held since 1 July 2018, with responsibility for Trading & Clearing. He is also a speaker at Frankfurt Digital Finance 2026, where he participates alongside senior figures from European financial institutions and regulators.

Book's career at Deutsche Börse Group spans several decades. He was part of the project that founded Eurex, the cross-border exchange merger of DTB and Soffex. Appointed to the Eurex Board in 2007, he served as Head of Clearing until 2014, then assumed the role of CEO of Eurex Clearing AG from 2013 to 2016. He subsequently served as CEO of Eurex Frankfurt AG from 2016 until June 2020, after which he became a Member of the Supervisory Board of Eurex Frankfurt AG. From May 2007 until November 2021, he was a Member of the Management Board of Eurex Deutschland, and from July 2020 until November 2021 he served as Chairman of the Management Board of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. He holds board positions at the World Federation of Exchanges and Deutsches Aktieninstitut eV, and serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of European Energy Exchange AG, as well as Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of 360 Treasury Systems AG and of China Europe International Exchange AG. Book holds a Ph.D. from Justus Liebig University Giessen, where his thesis focused on electronic exchange trading and global markets.

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