Dr. Nicolaus Loos is the Head of IKB Deutsche Industriebanks (IKB) Markets Management Committee responsible for all banking & market activities. He joined IKB - a German-headquartered European lending bank - in 2009 to build the Sponsor Leveraged and Corporate Structured Finance business across Europe, with a particular focus on Germany. With over 15 years banking experience, Dr. Loos previously worked in the sponsor-driven Business (LBOs, IPOs, M&A) at J.P. Morgan and Morgan Stanley in London, New York and Frankfurt. He holds a Master degree from HHL Leipzig, a M.B.A. from the Australian Graduate School of Management in Sydney and a Doctoral degree from the University of St. Gallen.