Jens Hachsmeister

Jens Hachmeister serves as a Managing Director at Deutsche Börse Group, bringing over 25 years of experience in various senior positions within the Capital Markets and Financial Services industry. Currently, Jens is the Head of Issuer Services and New Digital Markets, a Member of the Clearstream Management Board. Additionally, he holds several board positions in different FinTech companies and is a member of the Digital Council of the German Central Bank. Jens also served as a member of the FinTech Advisory Committee to the German Ministry of Finance for two legislative periods. Jens joined the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) Board of Directors in July 2025.

In 2018, Jens established the New Digital Markets Area as a key pillar of Deutsche Börse’s digital, DLT, and blockchain strategy. He took on additional responsibility as Clearstream’s Head of Issuer Services in February 2020. Before driving Deutsche Börse’s digital transformation, Jens held numerous senior management positions within the Deutsche Börse Group, including Chief HR Officer, Head of Strategic Execution, and Chief of Staff to the CEO of the Group. Jens has extensive experience in capital market infrastructure design, build-out, and operations along the entire value chain of the industry. His previous roles at Deutsche Börse included leading large transformational market infrastructure projects and managing customer support and market operations departments for the trading venues and the Clearing House of Deutsche Börse Group. Prior to joining Deutsche Börse Group, Jens was a management consultant at KPMG.

Jens has successfully completed a banking apprenticeship and obtained a degree in economics and business administration from the University of Bielefeld. He also completed an executive program at the London Business School.