The financial centre of Frankfurt is actually a bit of a male bastion. If you look out of the window here, in the towers – Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank – the men have the final say. But in banking supervision there are an astonishingly large number of women.
For example, Danièle Nouy, the new chief bank supervisor, Elke König, the President of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), and, of course, you yourself. Are women better at keeping an eye on banks? Yes, well, I would say it’s a tough job, and that’s something to which we are suited. So, would the financial crisis not have happened with women charge ?