DWS Group has announced that Angela Maragkopoulou will end her assignment as chief operating officer (COO) by mutual agreement effective at the end of 2023 and move on to embrace new challenges. Rafael Otero will join DWS as COO, effective January 1, 2024.
Maragkopoulou joined DWS in January 2023 from Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH, where she had previously served as CIO B2B and senior vice president B2B and Data Analytics. Prior to joining Deutsche Telekom IT GmbH, Angela spent 19 years in various national and international leadership roles at Vodafone.
Otero joins from Deutsche Bank, where he most recently served as chief information technology officer and chief product officer for the corporate bank. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he founded or co-founded many successful companies including Payleven, a mobile payment company.